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Topic: Adab (behavior)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Behavior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Behavior (or behaviour) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment.
		The acceptablity of behavior is evaluated relative to social norms and regulated by various means of social control.
		Behavior should not be mistaken with social behavior, which is more advanced action, as social behavior is behavior specifically directed at other people.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Behavior (5382 words)

	EH.Net Encyclopedia: Islamic Economics: What It Is and How It Developed
		However, if self-interest is overemphasized and there are no moral restraints on individual behavior, other institutions may not work effectively - families may disintegrate, the society may be uncaring, and the government may be corrupt, partisan, and self-centered.
		Moral uplift aims at the change in human behavior, tastes and preferences and, thereby, it complements the price mechanism in promoting general well-being.
		Consequently, the three crucial concepts of conventional economics - rational economic man, positivism, and laissez-faire – were not able to gain intellectual blessing in their conventional economics sense from any of the outstanding scholars who represent the mainstream of Islamic thought.
	www.eh.net /encyclopedia/article/chapra.islamic (8866 words)

	The Science and Religion Discour
		Human behavior ought to be subjected to some universal form of morality, as a pre condition to the exercise of human superiority over animals.
		While animals are automatically governed by instinctive behavior, humankind requires conscious effort to adopt and follow moral values.
		It is unfortunate however that bulk of human behavior with reference to physical environment is still in the form of instinctive animal responses for self preservation and comfort separated from intellectual or spiritual aspirations.
	cis-ca.org /kalam/2003/2003-articles.htm (12904 words)

	Prometheus Research Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A study of values and social controls in South Asian societies.
		Gabrieli, F. (1960) ‘Adab’, Encyclopædia of Islam, 1.
		Selman, R. (1976) ‘Social-cognitive understanding: a guide to educational and clinical practice’, in T. Lickona (ed.) Moral Development and Behavior.
	www.prometheus.org.uk /Publishing/Books/HallpikeOnEMU/Bibliography.htm (4248 words)

	Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In fact, there wasn't any branch of science known at that time that he had not studied deeply.
		He was a very great Sufi and authored a book entitled "Adab al-Muridiyya fi-t-Tariqat an-Naqshbandiyya", "The Rules of Conduct of the Murids in the Naqshbandi Tariqat."
		His behavior with his family and with his murids was always impeccable.
	www.naqshbandi.org /chain/35.htm (3628 words)

	Imam Al-Ghazalî
		The reform of the individual can be effected only through the reform of his heart and thought.
		Only through such reform can his works and behavior be improved, and his entire life.
		This is the basis of societal change to which the Quran directs us by saying 'Lo!
	www.livingislam.org /ghaz_e.html (4963 words)

	islam and nonviolence
		Crow, Karim D. "Islamic Ethics and ‘Changing Behavior’." International Journal of Nonviolence, III (1996) 72—86.
		In these detailed articles, Dr. Jalabi elaborates an enlightened Islamic conception of "neutralizing violence" through recourse to Islamic Tradition, contemporary behavioral psychology, social anthropology and philosophy; in order to foster adoption of this ‘tactic of nonviolence’ for invigorating Arab—Islamic political, cultural, and social revival.
		Lapidus, Ira M. "Knowledge, Virtue, and Action: the Classical Muslim Conception of Adab* and the Nature of Religious Fulfillment in Islam." in Barbara D. Metcalf, ed., Moral Conduct and Authority: the Place of Adab in South Asian Islam.
	www.nonviolenceinternational.net /islambib_001.htm (11910 words)

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