Ethics and Sustainable Peace with an Emphasis ‎on the View of‏ ‏Hans Küng

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Department of Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Humanities, Payam Noor ‎University of Tehran South, Tehran, Iran. ‎

10.21472081/jti.2025.72422.1104

Abstract

The imposed wars and current aggressions in the Middle East and the world increasingly necessitate the need for sustainable peace and ethics in society (Statement of the Problem) Kant, by creating the Copernican Revolution, completely changed the perspective in ethics and practical reason. By believing in the formulation of law and equality in society, he considers the establishment of a sustainable peace possible. In fact, according to his Copernican view, we should no longer wait for the ethical foundations and peace from the heavens; rather, it is necessary to reach a global agreement for establishing a lasting peace in the world, with an emphasis on the foundations of human rights and ethical and religious pluralism. Hans Küng, inspired by Kant's moral philosophy, and while adopting a critical approach to it, seeks to find the common ethical frameworks among religions and thereby facilitate the possibility of mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence among religions (Research Findings) Therefore, this research has explained this important matter using a qualitative and analytical method (Objective and Method)

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Theosophia Islamica
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 10
November 2025
Pages 147-181

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