Sources of moral justification in African ethics / Jonathan O. Chimakonam -- African proverbs / Edwin Etieyibo -- Innocent Asouzu's complementary ethics / Jonathan O. Chimakonam and L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya -- Basic intiutions in African ethics / Patrick Giddy -- African views on moral status / Cornelius Ewuoso -- Influences of religions on African ethics: insights from African indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam / SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai -- A personhood-based theory of right action / Amara Esther Chimakonam -- Complementary ethical reflection in Ibuanyidanda philosophy / Innocnet I. Asouzu -- The common good in complementary ethical reflection / Innocent I. Asouzu -- Underlying moral justification of Baraza and Indaba dialogic institutions in African social ethics and philosophy: a literary research / Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala -- The virtues of African ethics / Thaddeus Metz -- Ujamaa and African ethics / Isaiah Negedu -- Ancient Egyptian ethics' origin of the African Renaissance concept / Simphiwe Sesanti -- The partialist leaning and impartialist aspiration of traditional African ethics / Ada Agada -- Yorùbá ethics / Babaloa Joseph Balogun -- The African ethics of uama / Munamato Chemhuru -- African feminism and Africana womanism / Joyline Gwara -- African business ethics: past contributions and future challenges and possibilities / Minka Woermann -- Key perspectives on medical ethics in Africa / Gerald M. Ssebunnya -- Afican just war theory: theoretical impetus and contemporary trajectory / Ronald Olufemi Badru -- Animals and the environment / Kai Horthemke -- African distributive justice / Christopher Simon Wareham -- Reconciliation and retribution in the context of Africa / Cyril-Mary P. Olatunji and Mojalefa Koenane -- Human rights in modern African philosophy / Katrin Flikcshuh -- Euthanasia in African ethics / Simon M. Makwinja -- Assessing same-sex relations from an African communitarian perspective / Dennis Masaka -- African ethics for psychotherapy: a contemporary discussion / Gideon A.J. van Dyk -- Ethics and African philosophy of education / Moetketsi Letseka -- Digital communalism: towards a social media ethics from an African perspective / Maduka Enyimba and Aribiah Attoe.
Summary:
"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."--Provided by publisher.
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