Aristotle in Africa
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Aristotle in Africa

Ethics and the African Philosophical Tradition

  1. 322 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Aristotle in Africa

Ethics and the African Philosophical Tradition

About this book

How best to bring the genius of African traditional philosophy into dialogue with the European and global traditions of thought? The philosophy of Aristotle – 'baptised' by medieval Christian philosopher Thomas Aquinas – has been formative in premodern European thought. Now this frame of thinking, predating the skepticism and relativism that has accompanied the culture of modernity, has been re-expressed in a contemporary vein by Bernard Lonergan and Alasdair MacIntyre

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Information

Publisher
UJ Press
Year
2025
Topic
Politics & International Relations
eBook ISBN
9780906785799
Subtopic
African Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. About the author
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter One
  5. Introduction. Towards a Fruitful Dialogue
  6. Part One
  7. Ethics and the African Philosophical Tradition
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Being a Person in the Context of African Traditional Thought
  10. Chapter Three
  11. Basic Intuitions in African Ethics
  12. Chapter Four
  13. African Traditional Philosophy of Mind: Facilitating a Dialogue
  14. Chapter Five
  15. ‘Differentiation of Consciousness’: A Conceptual Tool for Unpacking African Traditional Thought
  16. Part Two
  17. Virtue Ethics: An Africa-Type Response To The Liberal Ideal
  18. Chapter Six
  19. A Communitarian Framing of the Liberal Ideal
  20. Chapter Seven
  21. Virtues in a Post-traditional Society
  22. Part Three
  23. Applications
  24. Chapter Eight
  25. African Environmental Ethics: Beyond the Impasse
  26. Chapter Nine
  27. Tradition, Modernity and the Virtues in Music Professionals: The Example of Amakwaya
  28. Chapter Ten
  29. Character and Professionalism in the Context of Developing Countries - a Debate about Mercenaries
  30. Chapter Eleven
  31. Secular Public Policy and the African Ecclesial Response
  32. Part Four
  33. The University Curriculum
  34. Chapter Twelve
  35. The African University and the Social Sciences
  36. Chapter Thirteen
  37. Traditional-Religious Knowledge in Humanising Education
  38. Chapter Fourteen
  39. Teaching Philosophy and Religion: Can African Traditional Culture Offer Something of Value?
  40. Chapter Fifteen
  41. The Idea of African Scholarship
  42. Chapter Sixteen
  43. ‘Philosophy for Children’ in Africa
  44. References

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