Ethics
About this course
This course will introduce students to the field of ethics as a branch of philosophy as well as from Sunni theological, legal, and spiritual perspectives. Students will examine the nature of good and evil and how we come to know the difference. The intimate relationship ethics has with Islamic Legal Theory and Islamic Law will be examined, as well as how a deeper ethical understanding translates into successful engagement with the vexing ethical quandaries and moral dilemmas facing Muslims in today’s world. These include the challenges posed by environmental degradation, medical advancements, and the radical changes to society being wrought by artificial intelligence. (2 credits)
About the Instructor(s)
Dr. David Solomon Jalajel is teaching Research Methodology and Logic at Mishkah University. Jalajel is also a researcher at the Prince Sultan Research Institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Formerly, he taught Islamic Theology and Legal Theory at the Dar al-Uloom in Cape Town, South Africa.
Jalajel holds a PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of the Western Cape, where he also earned his MA. He graduated from the Dar al-Uloom in Cape Town, South Africa where he continued to earn the Higher Specialisation in Islamic Law and the Higher Specialisation in Arabic Language. He has published three books: Women and Leadership in Islamic Law: A Critical Analysis of Classical Legal Texts (Routledge), Expressing I’rab: The Presentation of Arabic Grammatical Analysis (UWC) and Islam and Biological Evolution: Exploring Classical Sources and Methodologies (UWC).
His research interests concern how traditional approaches to Islamic theology and law relate to contemporary Muslim society.
