Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Meybod University
10.22059/jcis.2025.384802.1398
Abstract
Ethical action and rational action are considered by moral philosophers to be an important factor in human Eudaimonia and perfection. Desire and belief refer to the two areas of human tendency and perception, which are considered as the basics of human action. Before a person achieves an action, there may be a conflict between desires and beliefs (sometimes in conflict with values) and the process of realizing the action, especially moral and rational actions, may face problems. This issue refers to an important debate (Internalism and Externalism) among moral philosophers. In the present research, the viewpoint of two contemporary moral philosophers in Islam and the West (Āyatollāh Meṣbāḥ Yazdī and Michael Smith) has been explored in solving this problem with an analytical and comparative method. Finally, it is found that both of them are Externalism and acknowledge the motivational relationship between desire and belief in action. But they offer a different solution to resolve the conflict. Smith considers rationality efficient; But Meṣbāḥ Yazdī mentions rationality as a secondary factor and takes another approach.
Nabavi Meybodi, M. S. (2025). The rationality of desires and beliefs in moral action. Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, (), -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.384802.1398
MLA
Nabavi Meybodi, M. S. . "The rationality of desires and beliefs in moral action", Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.384802.1398
HARVARD
Nabavi Meybodi, M. S. (2025). 'The rationality of desires and beliefs in moral action', Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.384802.1398
CHICAGO
M. S. Nabavi Meybodi, "The rationality of desires and beliefs in moral action," Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, (2025): -, doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.384802.1398
VANCOUVER
Nabavi Meybodi, M. S. The rationality of desires and beliefs in moral action. Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22059/jcis.2025.384802.1398
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