The foundations of moral epistemology in Islam from the point of view of Sheikh Sadouq.

In the name of Allah the Merciful

Abstract

Abstract:
Ethics, like other sciences, is based on several foundations, which play a fundamental role in the development of the moral system and, later, in the formulation of moral orders. One of the most important of these foundations is epistemology. The foundations of epistemology have the task of explaining and justifying moral concepts and propositions and introducing the sources and ways of knowing and valuing them. In this research, with a descriptive analytical method, we search for the foundations of moral epistemology and the level of its influence on moral knowledge in Islam from the vision of Sheikh Sadouq. Topics such as: the intellect; the revelation; sense and intuition are among the basic elements at the foundation of Sheikh Sadouq's epistemology. Although Sheikh Sadouq is mentioned as a great scholar on the subject (text-oriented), in his thinking, reason is an independent source in the field of intellectual affairs that gives credibility to other sources of knowledge. Likewise, reason is mentioned as the primary source of knowledge, which, together with revelation, is known as the  main ways of knowledge.

Keywords: The foundations of epistemology; the good and evil of reason; reason in moral
knowledge in the thought of Sheikh Sadouq. pedagogical constructivism