Investigating the Status of Duty-oriented Ethics Principle in Imam Khomeini's Political Thought

The study tries to find an answer to the question that “what is the status of duty-oriented ethics in Imam Khomeini’s political thought?” To meet the goals of the study, the dimensions of duty-oriented ethics, the components of performing duty and the relation between duty and result in Imam Khomeini’s political thought were discussed by applying an analytico-descriptive method. The results of the study imply that duty-oriented ethics has been the main factor of Imam’s political thought in both fields of theory and practice. However, the main point of the study is about the relation between duty and result that has been clarified within the process of the study that Imam’s duty-oriented ethics does not imply being ignorant of the result though in imam’s political thought, the principle is fulfillment of the duty and the results lies in the heart of the fulfillment of the duty.