Convention and Reality in Ethics; Similarity and Dissimilarity between Tabatabaie's Ethics and First Wittgenstein's Ethical Position

Within the islamic philosophy and theology traditions, the very idea of convention is largely discussed. Apparently, except suhrevardi and tabatabaie, nobody has discussed with regard to the concept ‘convention’, on its own. In this paper, tabatabaie’s ethical framework is discussed from the ontological, semantic and epistemological points of view. Finally, in order to shed light on tabatabaie’s view, the similarities and dissimilarities between his and wittgenstein’s ethical position is explored.