SOSC 2351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Divine Law, Virtue Ethics, Mahayana

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21 Nov 2017
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Lecture #8 - religious traditions and human rights. Involved in peacekeeping movements, inherit connection between religion and traditions with human rights and the law. How we live, what our values should be. Submit our own will to divine will (ex. Bring our will/actions in line with nature (ex. Moral, ritual or legal directives ordained by a divine. There is a divine figure (god) who is the creator of the universe and how we ought to be in the universe, dynamic approach of law and philosophy, and social norms to create a comprehensive system. Sunnah: teachings of muhammed, stories or reports of what he did. Indications of moral behaviour that we are encouraged to act upon. Draws from qur"an (mainly), sunnah and hadith to try and determine appropriate behaviour. A dynamic system that ahs been changing and evolving; integrates all aspects of life. Ex: an expansive, rather than narrow/liberal notion of law, what it is.

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