Moral concept of Latest Ottoman thinker Ali Rıza

The aim of our study is to investigate the moral understanding of Ali Rıza, one of the late Ottoman thinkers, based on his works. Thus, it was tried to reveal what Ali Rıza's views on morality were and the differences in his moral point of view. The study consists of an introduction and two parts: In the introduction, the definition of morality, the moral understanding of the periods that influenced Ali Rıza's mentality were briefly mentioned, and information was given about his works on morality. In the first chapter, in the case of theoretical morality, which is one of the basic problems of morality, the origin of moral action, the problem of whether morality will change or not, good and bad in morality, freedom, moral law, the relationship between right and duty, conscience, moral responsibility, moral sanctions. Ali Rıza's thoughts about it were discussed. In the second chapter, Ali Rıza's practical moral views are stated. This chapter consists of the titles of individual morality, religious morality, social morality and the duties of the person against other beings. In the conclusion chapter, it is stated that Ali Rıza attaches more importance to the working ethics and puts there moral understanding similar to the moral understanding of his period.