Cultivating Character

Prof. Dr. Tuba Işık

doi:10.5771/9783495991527

Summary

This book places theological, educational, philosophical and mystical insights from an Islamic perspective at the service of the cultivation of the self. Against this background, it analyses the question of to what extent the work on the self in terms of virtue ethics can be considered a task of school education. It thus focuses on virtue as a dimension of education, including Islamic religious education. At the beginning of the book, theoretical considerations about the moral constitution of human beings are central. These are then concretised into the practical categories or key virtues of justice, sincerity, compassion and friendship.

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Publication year: 2025
Publication date: 15.12.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-495-99151-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-495-99152-7
Publisher: Karl Alber, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 274
Product type: Book Titles

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1. Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1. In Search of the Cultivation of the Self Download chapter (PDF)
2. 2. Work on the Self with Ethical Virtues: A Component of the Educational Mission of Schools Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 3.1 Approaches to Values Education Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 3.2 Ethical Formation Download chapter (PDF)
  3. 3.3 Recognition Pedagogy Download chapter (PDF)
  4. 3.4 Intercultural Pedagogy Download chapter (PDF)
  5. 3.5 Virtue Competence? The Consequences of Virtue Ethics: Considerations for the Discourse on Competencies in Educational Theory Download chapter (PDF)
  6. 3.6 Summary Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 1.1 Philosophical Revival of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics in the Present Day Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 1.2 Virtue: An Ambivalent Word in Germany Download chapter (PDF)
2. 2. Virtue Ethics as a Reference Point for a Common Life Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. A Brief Excursus: Aristotle’s Concept of the Soul Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 3.2 The Deliberation Process as a Condition of Self-knowledge Download chapter (PDF)
  3. 3.3 Prospering for a Successful Life Download chapter (PDF)
  4. 3.4 Emotions as Relevant Dispositions of Moral Excellence Download chapter (PDF)
  5. 3.5 The Cultivation of Character Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1. Adab and akhlāq: Two Categories of Ethical Educational Endeavours Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 2.1 Types of Adab Literature Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 2.2 Ibn Abī ’l-Dunyā (823–894) Download chapter (PDF)
  3. 2.3 Kitāb Makārim al-Akhlāq Download chapter (PDF)
  4. 2.4 Narrative Constructions of a Vision of the Virtuous Download chapter (PDF)
  5. 2.5 The Significance of Ethical, Religious Adab Literature for Contemporary Educational Thinking Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 3.1 Akhlāq as a Connotative Concept of the Islamic Ethnoleader Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 3.2 Phase of the Translation of Ancient Philosophical Writings Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. 3.3.1 Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī (c. 872–950) Download chapter (PDF)
    2. 3.3.2 Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh (932–1030) Download chapter (PDF)
    3. 3.3.3 Al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī (d. 1108) Download chapter (PDF)
    4. 3.3.4 Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (c. 1055–1111) Download chapter (PDF)
    5. 3.3.5 Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274) Download chapter (PDF)
  4. 3.4 Brief Summary Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 4.1 Tazkiyya al-nafs: Physical Practices as Ethical Virtue Practice Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 4.2 A Brief Outlook Download chapter (PDF)
5. 5. Summarising Reflections on the Cultivation of the Self Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1. Society, Virtue, and Competence Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 2.1 Justice Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. Excursus: Respect as an Important Secondary Virtue Download chapter (PDF)
  3. 2.3 Compassion Download chapter (PDF)
  4. 2.4 Friendship Download chapter (PDF)
3. 3. Reflections on the Educational Discourse within the Horizon of Virtue Ethics Download chapter (PDF)
4. 4. Insights for a Contemporary Islamic Religious Education in Germany Download chapter (PDF)
AbbreviationsPages 231 - 232 Download chapter (PDF)
SourcesPages 233 - 274 Download chapter (PDF)