Univerisity of Qom Comparative Studies on Islamic and Western Law 2476-4213 3 4 2017 02 19 The Ethical intended purpose of Legal Rule: Comparative Approach in the Western and Islamic Theories of Law The Ethical intended purpose of Legal Rule: Comparative Approach in the Western and Islamic Theories of Law 49 72 1076 10.22091/csiw.2018.2246.1230 FA SHaban Haghparast Koroosh Kaviani Hamed Kahvand Journal Article 2016 07 02 Recognition of the relationship between law and ethics is one of the most complex issues in philosophy of law. The history of legal theories in the West is a good evidence of this claim, in such a way that theories of natural law, positivism, historical theory of law, critical studies of law, each have a certain position in relation to the separation, unification or interaction of legal rules and moral norms. The purpose of this article is to explain the ultimate relationship between moral and law, which has been done by a descriptive-analytic method, and also a comparative study of legal philosophy. Law and ethics provide normative systems, in respect to the human behavior, interacting with each other. Legal rules are, on the basis of practical logic, provided to meet human needs and interests, and since ethics are part of the human needs and interests, it can be the ultimate goal of a legal principle or source of its validity. It does mean that imperatively all ethical rules and norms be converted into legal rules, but ethical ends must be considered in the validity of legal rules. Recognition of the relationship between law and ethics is one of the most complex issues in philosophy of law. The history of legal theories in the West is a good evidence of this claim, in such a way that theories of natural law, positivism, historical theory of law, critical studies of law, each have a certain position in relation to the separation, unification or interaction of legal rules and moral norms. The purpose of this article is to explain the ultimate relationship between moral and law, which has been done by a descriptive-analytic method, and also a comparative study of legal philosophy. Law and ethics provide normative systems, in respect to the human behavior, interacting with each other. Legal rules are, on the basis of practical logic, provided to meet human needs and interests, and since ethics are part of the human needs and interests, it can be the ultimate goal of a legal principle or source of its validity. It does mean that imperatively all ethical rules and norms be converted into legal rules, but ethical ends must be considered in the validity of legal rules. https://csiw.qom.ac.ir/article_1076_c7ab437e93158cd392050701a401cd02.pdf