Distinguishing Good Opinion from Naivety: An Islamic Ethical Perspective

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Ethics, University of Islamic Education

2 Ph.D. student of the ethics department of the University of Islamic Education

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The concepts of good opinion (husn-e-zan) and naivety are among the ethical concepts that the moral agent may mistake or have difficulty in recognizing. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the distinction and differences between good opinion and naivety based on the criteria mentioned in Islamic texts. Regardless of the semantic differences, the position of the moral agent in explicating and distinguishing between these two important and influential concepts is significant. This research has been conducted using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on library resources to explicate the differences between these two ethical concepts. Undoubtedly, "good opinion takes priority, and some important transactions such as marriage are exempt from the necessity of observing the principle of good opinion. Moreover, in special cases such as the prevalence of corruption in society, one should be cautious, and it should also be noted that observing good opinion is not necessary where errors are very frequent, repetitive, and obvious."

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