BEYOND TAʿDIB: DEVELOPING A DIGITAL ADAB FRAMEWORK BASED ON MUHAMMAD NAQUIB AL-ATTAS'S EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY FOR ADDRESSING GENERATION Z'S MORAL CRISIS IN SOCIETY 5.0
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Taʻdib, Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, Digital Adab Framework, Generation Z, Society 5.0Abstract
The rapid advancement of Society 5.0 has fundamentally transformed the way Generation Z acquires knowledge, communicates, and constructs social identities. While digital technology offers unprecedented opportunities for learning and innovation, it has simultaneously intensified moral challenges, including the erosion of adab, digital incivility, ethical relativism, algorithm-driven behavior, and declining spiritual awareness. Existing studies predominantly discuss Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas's concept of taʻdib within the context of Islamic education, yet few have reconstructed it as an adaptive ethical framework capable of addressing the multidimensional challenges of digitally mediated societies. This study aims to reconstruct Al-Attas's philosophy of taʻdib into a Taʻdib-Based Digital Adab Framework specifically designed to strengthen Generation Z's moral and digital character in the Society 5.0 era. Employing a qualitative library research design, the study critically analyzes Al-Attas's major works alongside recent literature on Islamic education, digital ethics, character education, and Society 5.0. The analysis reveals that taʻdib extends beyond moral instruction by integrating intellectual, spiritual, ethical, technological, and social dimensions into a holistic educational paradigm. The proposed framework consists of five interconnected pillars: epistemic integrity, spiritual consciousness, digital responsibility, ethical artificial intelligence literacy, and social-humanistic engagement. These pillars collectively foster responsible digital citizenship while preserving Islamic ethical values amid rapid technological transformation. The study contributes a novel conceptual model that bridges classical Islamic educational philosophy with contemporary digital ethics, providing a practical foundation for curriculum innovation, character education, and responsible technology integration in Islamic educational institutions.
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