The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics.
The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics.
Kai Horsthemke is Associate Professor in the Wits School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. Apart from animal rights, his research interests include African philosophy, indigenous knowledge (indigenous science, ethnomathematics, ethnomusicology), as well as humane and environmental education.
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Introduction. Ethics On The African Continent 1. African Philosophy 2. Religion And Ethics In Africa 3. African Creation Myths And The Hierarchy Of Beings 4. The African Ritual Of Animal Slaughter 5. Traditional African Perceptions And Current Practices - Taboos, Totemism And Spiritualism 6. Ubuntu/ Botho/ Hunhu And Non-Human Animals 7. Ukama And African Environmentalism 8. Animals And The Law In East, West And Southern Africa 9. Environmental Justice 10. From Anthropocentrism Towards A Non-Speciesist Africa?
Introduction. Ethics On The African Continent 1. African Philosophy 2. Religion And Ethics In Africa 3. African Creation Myths And The Hierarchy Of Beings 4. The African Ritual Of Animal Slaughter 5. Traditional African Perceptions And Current Practices - Taboos, Totemism And Spiritualism 6. Ubuntu/ Botho/ Hunhu And Non-Human Animals 7. Ukama And African Environmentalism 8. Animals And The Law In East, West And Southern Africa 9. Environmental Justice 10. From Anthropocentrism Towards A Non-Speciesist Africa?
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