Virtue and Law in the Islamic Tradition

12.30-4.00pm | Saturday, March 29
Elm Library, 31 Whitney Avenue

A seminar on the Islamic understanding of the nature and purposes of law and the relationship between law and virtue, with readings from Al-Ghazali, Avicenna and contemporary authors.

This seminar will be led by Sana Jamal and Michael Lessman.

Schedule
12.30-1.00 Lunch
1.00-2.15 Law at the Intersection of Virtue
2.15-2.30 Break
2.30-4.00 Philosophy and Sufism on Law and Virtue

This event is open to all members of the Yale community.

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True happiness is virtue and virtue is predicated on knowledge and righteous conduct.

—Al-Ghazali, The Alchemy of Happiness