The role of the goals of intellectual education in the realization of social justice from the perspective of Allameh Tabatabai (RA)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 university of Isfahan

2 Ph.D. student of Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan , Isfahan, Iran

3 , Department of Islamic Studies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran,

Abstract

The purpose of the current research is to investigate the role of the goals of rational education in the realization of social justice from the perspective of Allameh Tabatabai (RA). This research is a type of qualitative research that has used Frankena's method of practical inference for explanation. For this purpose, first Allameh's works were examined and the topics related to rationality were taken into consideration, and in the next stage, the goals of rational education were deduced and its role in realizing social justice was discussed. The research results show that the goals of rational education from Allameh's point of view include the following. A) Knowledge of the truth in the course of monotheistic authorities (actions, attributes and essence) in order to manifest the belief justice (faith in the truth) in human existence. b) The conduct of servitude to obtain the position of governorship in order to achieve practical justice. C) Divine love and its manifestations are the degree of emotional balance to focus love on the true beloved. d) Virtuous morality is the degree of achieving individual justice. e) Development of social balance in the direction of social justice, which means that everyone is placed in his right place and has rights according to his social weight. c) Economic prosperity is for the realization of economic justice, which means fair distribution of wealth and its growth.

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  • Receive Date: 09 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 24 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 19 July 2025
  • Publish Date: 23 July 2026