Imam Khomeini, Ethics and Politics

Author: Sayyid Hasan Islami

Translator: Mansoor L. Limba

Publisher: The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini’s Works

The volume is a discussion on ethics and its relation to politics from the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini. The discussions in this book are presented in three parts. The first part is a view on the ethical principles of Imām Khomeinī’s Islamic thought and his fundamental views on ethics. The second part is a deliberation on the relation between ethics and politics. The third part deals with ethical politics and ethical elements in politics

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Chapters

  1. Translator’s Foreword
  2. Letter of Appreciation
  3. Preface
  4. Part 1: Imam Khomeini's Code of Ethics
  5. Imām Khomeinī’s Code of Ethics
  6. Indescribability of the Human Being
  7. Man in the State of Nature
  8. Man as the Arena of Conflict between Good and Evil
  9. The Philosophy behind Suffering
  10. Is Knowledge a Mental Aid, or Burden?
  11. Behaviour as Emanating from the Principles of Ethics
  12. Part 2: Ethics and Politics
  13. Ethics and Politics Relationship
  14. View on the separation of ethics and politics
  15. Imām Khomeinī and Ethical Politics
  16. Politics as indispensable for the realization of Islam
  17. Part 3: Three Ethical Pillars of Politics
  18. Three Ethical Pillars of Politics
  19. Epilogue
  20. Bibliography

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