On Compassion and Education in Achieving a Virtuous Society

Ayhan Nişancı; Musa Bilgiz

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On Compassion and Education in Achieving a Virtuous Society

Yazarlar:

Ayhan Nişancı | Musa Bilgiz

Yayıncı:

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar:

Din Araştırmaları

Dergi:

Antakiyat Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.31-55

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291763

pISSN:

2667-4017

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Özet:

 Compassion, which is a humanitarian value and reaches its deepest meaning with man, is gradually moving away from every field of life and society, beginning to be forgotten and loses its importance. Witnessing that all kinds of violence replace this nice feeling is both upsetting and horrible. The only way and instrument of getting rid of this situation is compassion education. In this context, purpose of this study is to understand the real meaning of the concept of compassion in Koran; to state the importance of the concepts such as man, compassion, education and virtue and to emphasize the fact that virtuous behaviors can be shown only by educating the feelings such as love, affection and compassion. This requires togetherness of compassion and education; in other words, compassion education. Compassion education adopts mans treating all creatures with affection and helpfulness, loving, protecting and supporting and at the same time, forgiving all creatures and similar virtuous behaviors as principle. Rahmet mercy, ruhm ve merhamet compassion are synonymous with each other. Root meanings of these words express feeling of affection and tenderheartedness, sharing ones sorrow and problem, showing interest and affection, having compassion, protecting and showing kindness. Mercy is an emotional principle and generally, desire of the heart and conscience to help and lavish something on someone, bring beneficence and expel evil. Affection, which expresses this desire and wish, is used not as a static but dynamic, active and functional concept in Koran. In other words, effective area of affection is not only heart and conscience of man but the entire universe. Man was created with the feeling of affection, which is a potential power. This feeling is coded into the nature of human being by God; integrated with his nervous system and in a way, it is coded in his genes. Affection feeling can be displayed through family, environment and education or completely ignored. Bio-archeological researches and studies such as functional mr and discovery of mirror neurons have proven that bio-chemical roots of compassion, affection and mercy feelings are available in human brain. Once these feelings become active, happiness hormone called inner morphine such as endorphin and serotonin have been observed to be released in human brain. This points out that man is prone to affection by nature. History is witness of this reality as well. History of humanity, which has started with the prophet Adam peace be upon him has taken shape according to the preferences of the good and evil inside man; and Habil and Kabil sons of the prophet Adam outside man and history of humanity has become the arena of those who are compassionate and those who are merciless.

 Compassion, which is a humanitarian value and reaches its deepest meaning with man, is gradually moving away from every field of life and society, beginning to be forgotten and loses its importance. Witnessing that all kinds of violence replace this nice feeling is both upsetting and horrible. The only way and instrument of getting rid of this situation is compassion education. In this context, purpose of this study is to understand the real meaning of the concept of compassion in Koran; to state the importance of the concepts such as man, compassion, education and virtue and to emphasize the fact that virtuous behaviors can be shown only by educating the feelings such as love, affection and compassion. This requires togetherness of compassion and education; in other words, compassion education. Compassion education adopts mans treating all creatures with affection and helpfulness, loving, protecting and supporting and at the same time, forgiving all creatures and similar virtuous behaviors as principle. Rahmet mercy, ruhm ve merhamet compassion are synonymous with each other. Root meanings of these words express feeling of affection and tenderheartedness, sharing ones sorrow and problem, showing interest and affection, having compassion, protecting and showing kindness. Mercy is an emotional principle and generally, desire of the heart and conscience to help and lavish something on someone, bring beneficence and expel evil. Affection, which expresses this desire and wish, is used not as a static but dynamic, active and functional concept in Koran. In other words, effective area of affection is not only heart and conscience of man but the entire universe. Man was created with the feeling of affection, which is a potential power. This feeling is coded into the nature of human being by God; integrated with his nervous system and in a way, it is coded in his genes. Affection feeling can be displayed through family, environment and education or completely ignored. Bio-archeological researches and studies such as functional mr and discovery of mirror neurons have proven that bio-chemical roots of compassion, affection and mercy feelings are available in human brain. Once these feelings become active, happiness hormone called inner morphine such as endorphin and serotonin have been observed to be released in human brain. This points out that man is prone to affection by nature. History is witness of this reality as well. History of humanity, which has started with the prophet Adam peace be upon him has taken shape according to the preferences of the good and evil inside man; and Habil and Kabil sons of the prophet Adam outside man and history of humanity has become the arena of those who are compassionate and those who are merciless.

 Compassion, which is a humanitarian value and reaches its deepest meaning with man, is gradually moving away from every field of life and society, beginning to be forgotten and loses its importance. Witnessing that all kinds of violence replace this nice feeling is both upsetting and horrible. The only way and instrument of getting rid of this situation is compassion education. In this context, purpose of this study is to understand the real meaning of the concept of compassion in Koran; to state the importance of the concepts such as man, compassion, education and virtue and to emphasize the fact that virtuous behaviors can be shown only by educating the feelings such as love, affection and compassion. This requires togetherness of compassion and education; in other words, compassion education. Compassion education adopts mans treating all creatures with affection and helpfulness, loving, protecting and supporting and at the same time, forgiving all creatures and similar virtuous behaviors as principle. Rahmet mercy, ruhm ve merhamet compassion are synonymous with each other. Root meanings of these words express feeling of affection and tenderheartedness, sharing ones sorrow and problem, showing interest and affection, having compassion, protecting and showing kindness. Mercy is an emotional principle and generally, desire of the heart and conscience to help and lavish something on someone, bring beneficence and expel evil. Affection, which expresses this desire and wish, is used not as a static but dynamic, active and functional concept in Koran. In other words, effective area of affection is not only heart and conscience of man but the entire universe. Man was created with the feeling of affection, which is a potential power. This feeling is coded into the nature of human being by God; integrated with his nervous system and in a way, it is coded in his genes. Affection feeling can be displayed through family, environment and education or completely ignored. Bio-archeological researches and studies such as functional mr and discovery of mirror neurons have proven that bio-chemical roots of compassion, affection and mercy feelings are available in human brain. Once these feelings become active, happiness hormone called inner morphine such as endorphin and serotonin have been observed to be released in human brain. This points out that man is prone to affection by nature. History is witness of this reality as well. History of humanity, which has started with the prophet Adam peace be upon him has taken shape according to the preferences of the good and evil inside man; and Habil and Kabil sons of the prophet Adam outside man and history of humanity has become the arena of those who are compassionate and those who are merciless.

 Bu çalışmanın amacı, Kuranda kullanıldığı şekliyle merhamet kavramının anlam dünyasına nüfuz etmek; özelde insan, merhamet, eğitim ve erdem kavramlarının önemini vurgulamak; sevgi, şefkat, merhamet gibi duygu ve davranışların bireylere eğitim yoluyla kazandırılabileceğine ve erdemli bir topluma ancak bu şekilde ulaşılabileceğine dikkat çekmektir. Çalışmada, rahmet-merhamet, eğitim, erdem ve insan kavramları İslamın temel ve modern kaynakları bağlamında analiz edilmektedir. Bu doğrultuda kelimelerin sözlük anlamları verildikten sonra tanımlamaları yapılmış; daha sonra Kuranda zikri geçen rahmet kelimesi ve türevlerine işarette bulunulmuştur. Rahmet kelimesinin Kuranda yüklendiği anlamlar ile yakın ve zıt anlamlı kelimeler tespit edilmiştir. Merhamet-insan ilişkisi bağlamında insanın mahiyeti hakkında açıklayıcı kısa bir bilgiden sonra insanda merhamet duygusunun fıtri varlığına işaret eden deliller sunulmuştur. Merhametin insan fıtratında doğuştan gelen potansiyel bir güç olduğu, bu gücün eğitim ile ilişkisi ve eğitilebilir özelliğine vurgu yapılmış, merhamet eğitiminin öneminden bahsedilmiştir. Özellikle merhamet eğitiminin, erdemli birey ve toplum inşasındaki rolü ve önemi üzerinde durulmuş, konuya Kuranın ve Hz. Peygamberin örnek uygulamaları zaviyesinden bakılmıştır. Çalışmanın konuya ilişkin literatüre katkı sağlayacağı, araştırmacılara ve sosyal politika üreticilerine yol gösterebileceği düşünülmektedir.

Makale detayları

On Compassion and Education in Achieving a Virtuous Society

Yazarlar:

Ayhan Nişancı | Musa Bilgiz

Yayıncı:

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar:

Din Araştırmaları

Dergi:

Antakiyat Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.31-55

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291763

pISSN:

2667-4017

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ayhan Nişancı | Musa Bilgiz

Yayıncı: Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar: Din Araştırmaları

Dergi: Antakiyat Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.31-55

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001291763

pISSN: 2667-4017

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ayhan Nişancı | Musa Bilgiz

Yayıncı:

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar:

Din Araştırmaları

Dergi:

Antakiyat Vol.6 Issue 1, pp.31-55

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291763

pISSN:

2667-4017