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               130  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (31): 93-144, Summer 2022
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               Ethical Principles                     diminishing  one's  rights.
               After      mentioning        the       As  much  as  justice  is
               theoretical  arguments  and            valuable      and     virtuous,
               the  jurisprudential  maxims           oppression  is  considered

               regarding Islam’s model of             immoral, inhuman, and vice.
               peace, we will now mention
                                                          •  Individual Justice
               the  ethical  statements  of           Individual justice belongs to
               Islam     for    a    peaceful

               multicultural society.                 the  individual  themselves
                                                      on  a  personal  basis.  Its
                   1.  The Goodness of Justice        field  of  exercise  is  within
               In Islam, rights are respected         the  bounds  of  human

               and  justice,  which  is  to           existence.  Individual  justice
               protect     the    rights     of       means that a person is able
               individuals, is considered a           to  strike  a  balance  and

               value.  There  are  two  types         establish moderation within
               of  Justices  emphasized  in           himself.  It  is  related  to
               Islam, individual and social.          human morality and actions.

               If  one  is  not  just  in  his        It    is    a    never-ending
               personal  affairs,  he  won’t          struggle to find the correct
               be  able  to  do  justice  in          equilibrium  between  the

               social      affairs      either.       three  powers  of  anger,
               Opposite  to  the  concept  of         desire, and intellect.
               justice     is     oppression.            Individual  justice  is  so
               Oppression  literally  means           important that Imam Khamenei

               cruelty,  persecution,  and            says:
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