Motsamai Molefe, Elphus Muade

African Ethics and Death

Moral Status and Human Dignity in Ubuntu Thinking

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death. Providing an important overview of the ethical problems associated with the biological fact of death, it will be of interest to researchers across the fields of philosophy and African Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9781032658469
• ISBN-10: 1032658460
• Artikelnr.: 73730007

Autorenporträt

Motsamai Molefe is Senior Researcher, Centre for Leadership Ethics in Africa (CLEA), University of Fort Hare, South Africa, and Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Philosophy. Elphus Muade is an expert in medical ethics, medical law, environmental ethics, and bioethics with a PhD from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. He is currently doing his post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Leadership Ethics in Africa, University of Fort Hare.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: African Moral Philosophy 1. Introduction to Moral Status and Death
in African Ethics 2. A Defence of Moral Status in African Philosophy 3.
Ubuntu Ethics, ubuntu and Moral Status 4. Ubuntu, Empathy and Moral Status
Part 2: African Applied Ethics 5. Ubuntu Ethics and Voluntary Euthanasia 6.
Ubuntu Ethics and the Moral Status of Dead Human Bodies

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Part 1: African Moral Philosophy 1. Introduction to Moral Status and Death in African Ethics 2. A Defence of Moral Status in African Philosophy 3. Ubuntu Ethics, ubuntu and Moral Status 4. Ubuntu, Empathy and Moral Status Part 2: African Applied Ethics 5. Ubuntu Ethics and Voluntary Euthanasia 6. Ubuntu Ethics and the Moral Status of Dead Human Bodies