Moral Valuelessness of Emotions and Sentiments

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In this article, the writer tries to find an answer to the question as to whether emotional behavior is morally valued or not. To this end, first, he addresses the value standard in moral behaviors from the viewpoint of the Muslim philosophers. Then, he sets forth possible hypotheses for answering the above questions and evaluates five hypotheses. Finally, he makes the conclusion that the emotional behaviors are not morally valued so long as they do not somehow return to rationality and intellectual selection.