The Ethical Limits of Domestication: A Critique of Henry Heffnerâ•Žs Arguments

Critique of Critiques/An Answer to Domesticated Magic: A Critique of the Domestication of Magical Realism in Iran, Mohsen Hanif

Compensatory Efforts; A Critique of the Pros and Cons

Compensatory efforts, positive discrimination or reverse discrimination are the terms which nowadays are used in applied ethics for a set of efforts and privileges which are scheduled for compensation of the historical oppressions and discriminations imposed upon some groups and classes in the society. The mentioned oppressions and discriminations may be applied deliberately or inadvertently or...

Popularizing Ethical Theories (A Critique of Adel Zaher’s Theory of Popular Ethisc)

Popularization domain has also covered the scientific theories and among them, theories of popularized ethics have emerged. Focusing on human mind and its independence, popularized ethics simply takes human mind, rather than religion, as the ultimate reference of ethical criteria as well as the norms governing the human characteristics and behavior. Rejecting the religious ethics, Adel Zaher, A...

The Status of Allegory and Symbolic Language in Quranic Stories: A Review and Critique of the Theory of Fantasization

One of the common views in contemporary Quranic research is the dialog on the existence of allegory and symbolic language in the Quran and Quranic stories. Citing such arguments as the common literary style between the Quranic stories and human stories, the use of symbols with specific modes of expression in the Quran and the cases in which the Divine intent is expressed through questions and a...

Proposal for \"Rationalizing\" The Rate of Profit of Bank Loans: A Critique

In winter 1383, the center for Research of Majlis Shura Islamic of Iran (CRMSII) published a proposal on the logic of the prevailing profit rate that the commercial banks pay/charge on long-term bank loans requiring the executive branch of Islamic Republic to lower the average rate of profit by 4.5 percent within 18 months of passage of the bill by Majlis, to reduce government budget defi...