the ethic alanalysis of male remarriage in the context of femal infertility

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1 Qom University of islamic Education

2 Assistant professor at the research Institute for islamic Sciences and Culture

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Protecting the health of the individual, the principle of human dignity, and the principle of fairness are ethical principles whose implementation for a wife who does not have the power to reproduce conflicts with the right to polygamy, which is the legal and religious right of the couple, and these conflicts between the couple affect the health of all family members; therefore, the present study addresses the following issue: What is the ethical solution to the conflict between the moral rights of the woman and the right of the husband to polygamy? In this article, using an analytical-descriptive method and with the aim of realizing a moral life in line with strengthening the foundation of the family, the arguments for and against the right of a man to polygamy have been examined. The results show that extra-religious and intra-religious arguments are ineffective in issuing a general ruling, and the proposed solution is to analyze the situation and detail the ruling. Analyzing the situation of the moral agent is to assess his situation by considering all existing conditions; Therefore, to analyze the circumstances in which the moral agent (couple) faces such a dilemma, five components can be examined: 1) the moral agent's awareness of infertility treatment with assisted reproductive methods, 2) the moral agent's (man's) ability to justify the first wife in an epistemological sense, 3) the time of choosing the second wife, 4) the man's occupational characteristics, and 5) the prevailing culture in some regions.

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  • Receive Date: 30 September 2025
  • Revise Date: 11 December 2025
  • Accept Date: 17 December 2025

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