Ethics in the west versus the moral system in islam in addiction

Abstract EN

The Oxford dictionary of current English defined ethics as a set of moral principles.

It is the science of morals in human conduct1.

In the Oxford dictionary of sociology it is defined as the concern with what ought to be, whereas social science is concerned with describing reality, as it actually exists.

A study of human behavior because of beliefs about what is right or wrong, or good or bad, in so far as that behavior is useful or effective2.

Morals are a descriptive science ; it seeks to establish "what is true" in a society or group.

Often morals are considered the shared ideals of a group, irrespective of whether they are practiced.

In the sense of descriptive ethics or morals, different persons, groups, and societies have different moral standards 3.

There is a consensus that there is no universal ethical standard and there appears to be no universal moral standard.

However, the American media is trying to convert the world into mimicking the "Western style" under the name of globalization and anyone who tries to refuse is at risk of being labeled as "anti-western", whatever his morals or ethics are.

This view throws light on the confusion between ethics and politics, where Western administrations judge actions and policies from a political standpoint.

They consider whether ethics will promote or hinder their political objectives.

For example someone might think alcohol is as ethically unacceptable as heroin.

However, a government might consider it politically wrong to ban it for fear of losing the support of a section of the population and so put at risk its chances of being re-elected 4.

On the other hand, normative ethics is the discipline concerned with judgments of setting up norms.

For example, when an act is right or wrong, the terms ethical, unethical, moral or immoral could have different meanings.

Consider the recent changes of softening the rules related to cannabis in the UK.

How could these changes be described in the light of probable consequences both mental and physical?