The Impact of Social Ethics on the Development of Social Trust in the Words of the Holy Qur'an Based on Tafsir al-Mizan Summary

One of theimportant components of social capital is the existence of trust among members of society because it reduces the cost of social actions and interactions and increases cohesion and solidarity. Various factors affect the frequency of trust in a society, the most important of which is the institutionalization of social moral virtues in that society. The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain the effectiveness of social ethics in increasing trust in the society.

In this study, the data were collected using a library-based method from the Holy Qur'an, and other highly renowned works on ethics including Jame al-Sa'adah, Meraj al-Sa'adah, Mohjat al-Bayza fi Tahzibal-Ahya, Ihya Ulum al-Din, Tahzib al-Akhlagh va Tathir al-A'raghand especially Tafsir al-Mizan, as well as important hadith books, and then the issue was described and analyzed based on the data. The authors reported no conflict of interests.

The findings indicate that all the virtues of social ethics play a role in increasing social trust, but some, such as honesty, trustworthiness, justice, faithfulness to the covenant, and good faith, are more important.

The emergence and continuation of social trust as a part of the society's social capital requires the moral health of the society and the strengthening and institutionalization of social morality among members of the society