African Ethics

A Guide to Key Ideas

Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781350191785
• eBook ISBN: 9781350191808
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: African History

This is the first comprehensive exploration of African ethics covering everything from normative ethics and applied ethics, to meta-ethics and methodology, as well as the history of its evolution.

African Ethics provides an in-depth exploration of Ubuntu ethics which is defined as a set of values based on concepts such as reciprocity, mutual respect, and working towards the common good. Ubuntu ethics also strongly emphasize the place of human dignity. The book engages with both theory and practice and how these ethical ideas impact upon the actual lived experience of Africans.

It also includes important political considerations such as the impact of imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism on African ethics as well as the negative impact of apartheid and the renaissance made possible by the 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission' whose work was premised heavily on African ethical ideas.

This book is not just a wide-ranging and incisive introduction but also a reformulation of key concepts and current debates in African ethics. Crucially, African Ethics is an inclusive text, one that speaks from an African perspective and contributes to the decolonizing of contemporary ethics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Dedication
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction. African Ethics: What It Is and Its Importance
• 1 Sources of Moral Justification in African Ethics
• 2 African Proverbs
• 3 Innocent Asouzu’s Complementary Ethics
• 4 Basic Intuitions in African Ethics
• 5 African Views on Moral Status
• 6 Influences of Religions on African Ethics: Insights from African Indigenous Religions, Christianity and Islam
• 7 A Personhood-Based Theory of Right Action
• 8 Complementary Ethical Reflection in Ibuanyidanda Philosophy
• 9 The Common Good in Complementary Ethical Reflection
• 10 Underlying Moral Justification of Baraza and Indaba Dialogic Institutions in African Social Ethics and Philosophy: A Literary Research
• 11 The Virtues of African Ethics
• 12 Ujamaa and African Ethics
• 13 Ancient Egyptian Ethics’ Origin of the African Renaissance Concept
• 14 The Partialist Leaning and Impartialist Aspiration of Traditional African Ethics
• 15 Yorùbá Ethics
• 16 The African Ethics of Ukama
• 17 African Feminism and Africana Womanism
• 18 African Business Ethics: Past Contributions and Future Challenges and Possibilities
• 19 Key Perspectives on Medical Ethics in Africa
• 20 African Just War Theory: Theoretical Impetus and Contemporary Trajectory
• 21 Animals and the Environment
• 22 African Distributive Justice
• 23 Reconciliation and Retribution in the Context of Africa
• 24 Human Rights in Modern African Philosophy
• 25 Euthanasia in African Ethics
• 26 Assessing Same-sex Relations from an African Communitarian Perspective
• 27 African Ethics for Psychotherapy: A Contemporary Discussion
• 28 Ethics and African Philosophy of Education
• 29 Digital Communalism: Towards a Social Media Ethics from an African Perspective
• Index
• Copyright