This entry belongs to the Shahrur lexicon. In this context, action is not another name for work, but a specific determination within the sphere of conscious movement.
Meaning according to Shahrur
Action is a defined and specific work. If work denotes general conscious movement, then action denotes a determinate form that can be linked to choice, responsibility, and consequence.
Distinctions
- It differs from work because work is broader, while action is more specific.
- It adjoins decree in that, in one of its usages, decree is a conscious human act that falls within freedom and choice.
- It does not equal the final moral effect by itself; that appears in righteous work as work characterized by rectitude.
Foundational links
- general work and specific action
- decree is a conscious human act
- work
- decree
- synonymy
- semantic distinctions
Its place in the atlas
This entry prevents action from being conflated with work, and makes action a point of transition from general movement to specific responsibility.