Philosophical Ethics and Monotheistic Ethics according to Allameh Tabataba'i Rereading the Principles and Educative Effects

The main concern of this research is the comparative study between philosophical ethics and monotheistic ethics with a case study of Allameh Tabatabai's views. The findings of this research– written in a library research method in collecting information and rationally analyzing and describing the data– is that the philosophical ethics is based on considering man regardless of ontological issues and of the relationship between man and the system of existence and God, and the most fundamental notion in this ethics is equilibrium. The monotheistic ethics, however, is based on the relationship of man with the system of existence and especially with God and the most crucial concept in here is absolute monotheism meaning that God's existence has such an absoluteness that it leaves no room for anything else. As a result, there is no ground for moral vices to appear, and upon reaching this degree of monotheistic knowledge, a monotheist is adorned with all moral virtues, without there being any anteriority and posteriority between the occurrence of virtues.