The Criteria for Moral Value in Sadra's Attitude

Reflecting on the intellectual foundations of Mulla Sadra and studying his numerous works, according to his innovative theories in this field, opens a new horizon for the eyes; So that his thought can be reread with a new look and find its extraordinary capacity in the field of philosophy of ethics. One of the most important topics in this field is the theory of moral value of which the most central is its criterion. In Sadra's writings, philosophizing and wisdom are so intertwined with purification of the soul and divine morality that they can be boldly considered as the cornerstone of his thinking. This article intends to deduce the criterion of the value of Sadra's ethics on this basis. Contrary to what is said today about the criterion of the value in his ethics thereof his ethics is called virtue ethics, in the paper, while dividing Sadra`s virtue ethics in two parts: virtue-centeredness and virtue-orientation, it is truely believed that that Mulla Sadra is, in the supreme and final view, an end-orientalist and proximity seeking. Other surface of the truth is an end-orientalist and virtuous viewing. These are two sides of the same coin, the first of which is in the high field of mysticism and the second in the field of wisdom, not being different from each other.