The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis

The western ethical philosophy provides that if any decision brings the greatest good for the greatest number of people, then the decision is acceptable although a small number of people might be affected by the decision. This is also known as democratic rule of making decision based on majority...

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Main Authors:	Jalil, Md. Abdul, Mohammed Kamil, Naail, Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	BJ Ethics HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5387 Business ethics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/34507/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34507/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34507/1/045_073_3rdICM2013_Proceeding_p618.pdf

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spelling	iium-345072014-02-20T04:41:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34507/ The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis Jalil, Md. Abdul Mohammed Kamil, Naail Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur BJ Ethics HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5387 Business ethics The western ethical philosophy provides that if any decision brings the greatest good for the greatest number of people, then the decision is acceptable although a small number of people might be affected by the decision. This is also known as democratic rule of making decision based on majority opinions. There are similar principles in Islam known as ‘al-maslahah al-mursalah’ which means ‘for the public interest’. It means that if any decision is taken by a business leader or by an authority for the interest of public then that decision is acceptable in Islamic jurisprudence. Islam accepts a decision if it is beneficial for the society. There is another principle in Islam which is known as ‘Istihsan’ which means ‘judicial preference’. Muslim scholars use this concept to prefer one decision over another on public interest ground. However, one thing we have to remember that we are the representative (Khalifa) of Allah as well as representative of people. So, whatever decision we make, it should be for the benefit of people and at the same time for the satisfaction of Allah (s.w.t.). The objective of this paper is to critically analyze the possibility of harmonization of the western philosophy ‘the greatest good for the greatest number of people’ with Islamic jurisprudential principles ‘al-maslahah al-mursalah’ and ‘istihsan’. Qualitative research methodology has been applied in this paper. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34507/1/045_073_3rdICM2013_Proceeding_p618.pdf Jalil, Md. Abdul and Mohammed Kamil, Naail and Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur (2013) The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis. In: 3rd International Conference on Management (ICM 2013), 10-11 June 2013, Penang, Malaysia. http://www.internationalconference.com.my/proceeding/icm2013_proceeding/icm2013_proceeding.html
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description	The western ethical philosophy provides that if any decision brings the greatest good for the greatest number of people, then the decision is acceptable although a small number of people might be affected by the decision. This is also known as democratic rule of making decision based on majority opinions. There are similar principles in Islam known as ‘al-maslahah al-mursalah’ which means ‘for the public interest’. It means that if any decision is taken by a business leader or by an authority for the interest of public then that decision is acceptable in Islamic jurisprudence. Islam accepts a decision if it is beneficial for the society. There is another principle in Islam which is known as ‘Istihsan’ which means ‘judicial preference’. Muslim scholars use this concept to prefer one decision over another on public interest ground. However, one thing we have to remember that we are the representative (Khalifa) of Allah as well as representative of people. So, whatever decision we make, it should be for the benefit of people and at the same time for the satisfaction of Allah (s.w.t.). The objective of this paper is to critically analyze the possibility of harmonization of the western philosophy ‘the greatest good for the greatest number of people’ with Islamic jurisprudential principles ‘al-maslahah al-mursalah’ and ‘istihsan’. Qualitative research methodology has been applied in this paper.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Jalil, Md. Abdul Mohammed Kamil, Naail Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur
author_facet	Jalil, Md. Abdul Mohammed Kamil, Naail Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur
author_sort	Jalil, Md. Abdul
title	The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis
title_short	The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis
title_full	The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis
title_fullStr	The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis
title_full_unstemmed	The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis
title_sort	greatest good for the greatest number of people: an islamic philosophical analysis
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