چکیده:
The first step in the efficiency and effectiveness of any study and research is the recognition of its various dimensions, especially its methodology. Religious studies, as one of the most important research fields—indeed, the most important and sensitive of them—is based on a set of methodological principles and rules; without knowing and applying them in the research process, achieving correct and robust results is difficult, if not impossible. One of these principles is the 'precautionary principle.' According to this principle, a researcher in the field of religion must enter the field of research responsibly and committedly and feel a sense of responsibility toward their research results. This is only possible through the implementation of practical measures, such as avoiding arbitrary interpretation and starting from certainties. This article aims to explain the necessity of observing the precautionary principle in religious studies and the difference that exists between religious sciences and empirical sciences in this regard. Finally, practical measures for observing this principle are investigated.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The evaluative nature of religious oughts and ought-nots, despite the fact that, like the oughts of sciences, they indicate the relationship between actions and their results, arises from the fact that a specific condition exists regarding these concepts: the actions in question in these cases are the voluntary actions of humans; for example, when it is said: one must act with justice, one must be trustworthy, or one must punish the criminal, the intention is that if you want to reach ultimate happiness and perfection, you must act with justice, and furthermore, the aforementioned action must be performed through free will (choice); it is not the case that the sole criterion is the attainment of the action by any means whatsoever, but rather it must certainly be done with attention and through choice.
8 Now, based on the aforementioned points, the rational and theoretical basis of the principle of precaution can be explained in this way: The subject of science is empirical realities, and these realities are non-evaluative; because they do not play a direct role in the ultimate happiness and perfection of humans.
Religious studies, like any other research field, has specific methodological principles and rules that must be observed in these researches so that the researcher does not fall into error and mistake in understanding and interpreting religious teachings and texts, and the results obtained from them possess sufficient correctness and validity.
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