Thesis Summary
In Shahrur’s view, injustice is not merely a mistake, but a deliberate, conscious act based on free choice. It is tied to placing something in other than its proper place, and ultimately leads to ruin, not bodily death.
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Foundational Atoms
- Injustice means placing a thing in other than its proper place
- Injustice is a conscious, deliberate act
- Injustice requires freedom
- Ruin differs from death
Place of Support within the Book
This appears in the first section of the book, in the explanation of freedom and will, and in the distinction between death and ruin, which makes injustice an intended act rather than a passing state.
Limits of the Reading
The connection between injustice and ruin here is a synthetic reading, because the book distributes its elements across more than one proximate location.