Virtue-based governance in the political thought of Shahid Motahari and the communalists

Virtueism, as one of the main pillars of political ethics in Shiite political thought, by addressing human and innate values, shows a way of governance in which it is possible to pay attention to the considerations of local culture in different geographical regions. To explain this, the type of encounter and view of collectivism on the challenges of the modern world has been taken as a model. Challenges whose manifestations can currently be seen in advanced and modern countries. The fading of human values ​​in modern societies, along with the disregard for human virtues and the issue of goodness as one of the innate tendencies of mankind, is an issue that can be examined and understood by referring to religious literature. Therefore, by examining these challenges, the model of innate governance is strengthened by considering the considerations of local culture in the political thought of Shahid Motahari. This article seeks to answer the question of whether a society formed on the basis of human values ​​in the theory of collectivism is related to the virtue-oriented society from the perspective of Shahid Motahari? In response to this question, it should be said that the society that the communitarians mention along with the criticism of the components of liberalism is somewhat similar to the society envisioned by Shahid Motahari, but what is the fundamental difference between these two approaches in the position of human nature, reason, and its relationship with spiritual resources? In this article, we have compared the thoughts of Shahid Motahari and the communitarians on community-centered virtue using qualitative and analytical methods and by reviewing library texts and documents and analytical methods.