In Shahrur’s view, injustice is not merely an error, but a conscious, deliberate decision made after knowing what is right—that is, placing something in the wrong place on purpose. For that reason, he links it to responsibility and freedom, and makes the destruction of towns a consequence of the predominance of collective injustice.
- Adam and the towns explain the transition from humanity to social fate
- Adam represents the first human transition
- Monism produces injustice, despotism, and destruction
- Monism and despotism lead to destruction
- History and society judge monism as injustice and destruction
- Freedom and moral awareness explain human action and responsibility for injustice
- The state and civil society are the horizon of history because plurality and freedom defeat monism
- Injustice is a conscious, deliberate act
- Injustice is a conscious act that leads to destruction
- Injustice requires freedom
- Injustice means placing a thing in the wrong place
- The destruction of towns is linked to collective injustice