The Theory of Islamic Justice and its Relationship with Desirable Government based on Martyr Motahhari’s View

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Teachings, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

3 MA., Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Teachings, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The present study aims at explaining the relationship between justice and one’s innate nature and its relation to government based on Martyr Motahhari’s views. In this regard, we attempted to refer to his views about society, government, justice and innate nature to explain the philosophical foundations proper for the theory of justice and, accordingly, to investigate the duties of the Islamic regime that must pursue, continuously, the realization of progress based on justice. The research method was descriptive-analytical and the results showed that social justice will realize if the government fulfills the natural and acquired rights of the individuals and the society totally. According to the theory of Islamic justice, the first duty of the government is to prepare the ground for flourishment of the natural talents of members of the society. Another duty of the government is to realize the natural affairs of the society that will be acquired through the extension of the individual innate features. And its third duty pertains to the affairs that create natural rights through ultimate causality. Besides, according to the principle of association of ‘right’ and ‘obligation’, people also have duties in relation to the government.

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