Al-Islam
The Qur’an, Sunnah, ahadith and adab: the source of my ethical perspective.
Ideas & disciplines
Many fields.
One ethical lens.
Seven questions about how we live with one another. Explore our new essays across the seven disciplines, beginning with Al-Islam, or read the published Empathic Economy series.
Begin with Al-Islam · New essay
Belief, practice,
and the people we owe.
Intention, worship, justice, trust and adab: an extended reflection on how faith reaches our responsibilities toward others, with references to the Qur’an and Sahih al-Bukhari.
Read the Al-Islam essayEditorial map
Explore the disciplines
Open “Explore questions” to read an essay for each discipline. Read all seven essays below.
Psychology
How people think, feel, relate and make decisions.
History
What the past reveals and what it cannot settle for us.
Economics & Finance
Resources, incentives, stewardship and shared consequences.
Law
Rules, rights, duties and the gap between them and lived experience.
Sociology
Institutions, communities and the conditions of belonging.
Politicology
Power, public decisions and the responsibilities they create.
Economics & Finance
Empathic Economy
Six essays by Nuno Fonseca Spínola on markets, money and the responsibilities that come with economic choices.
Browse by topic
Markets & ownership
Ethics, dignity & sustainability
Economic history & institutions
Money, credit & banking
Financial markets & crises
All six articles
Capitalism
A look at private ownership, competition, and the question of whose interests an economy serves.
Ethical Economics
An ethical framework for weighing economic choices, with practical examples from purchasing and public policy.
Ethics
Two everyday dilemmas about keeping commitments, correcting errors and respecting other people.
Finance
Examples from Frankfurt and New Amsterdam, and a practical distinction between borrowing and issuing shares.
Introduction to Economics
From a local budget decision to money, trade and the institutions that shape economic life.
The World of Finance
A short history of financial institutions, crises and the questions raised by new tools.
The common question
What does this mean for the way we live?
Ethical Living is the perspective joining these fields. Each article will identify its subject, sources and authorial viewpoint rather than claiming certainty where it does not exist.
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