Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal

Abstract

Background and Aim: Desirable bioethics is one of the goals of any political and social system, which is considered as a form of peaceful and a just life. This approach is also prominent in the Islamic system. However, various factors such as public trust are effective in achieving the desired bioethics in the Islamic system that the present study addresses these issues and seeks to show how the elements of public trust can achieve the desired bioethics in the Islamic system.

Materials and Methods: The method used in the present study is descriptive-analytical, which has been done by searching and examining information in books, historical and religious texts, verses and hadiths, as well as related research to collect data and analyze the subject.

Ethical Considerations: In order to organize this research, while observing the authenticity of the texts, honesty and fidelity have been observed.

Findings: Commitment to the covenant, enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong, responsibility, accepting criticism and critique, as well as the rule of law are among the moral values that grow in the shadow of public trust in society and provide the basis to achieve the desirable bioethics. Fulfilling the covenant in act on promises and agreements of the people and the Islamic system, enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong in trying to establish moral values and eliminating vices, responsibility means performing tasks to organize political and social life and the rule of law, acting on the basis of the precepts of Sharia are manifested as the ground for the realization of the desired bioethics in the Islamic system.

Conclusion: Public trust, both vertically (the relationship between citizens and the political system) and horizontally (the relationship between citizens with each other), leads to the formation of moral and human values to achieve the desired bioethics in the Islamic system. The values of loyalty, honesty, responsibility, obedience to the law and fulfillment of religious and legal duties and orders, are obtained in the Islamic system if that people trust each other and their trust in the political system is achieved. Therefore, public trust is the background and promoter of moral values in Islamic society.

Please cite this article as: Hosseini SM, Pour Manouchehri A, Masoumi J. The Role of Public Trust in the Achievement of Desirable Bioethics in the Islamic System. Bioethics Journal, Special Issue on Ethical & Legal Reflections 2021; 191-201.