Human dignity in an African context / Motsamai Molefe, Christopher Allsobrook, editors.
Molefe, Motsamai, editor.; Allsobrook, Christopher, editor.
2023
BJ1533.D45
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Title
Human dignity in an African context / Motsamai Molefe, Christopher Allsobrook, editors.
ISBN
9783031373411 (electronic bk.)
3031373413 (electronic bk.)
9783031373404
3031373405
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37341-1
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 307 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-37341-1 doi
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BJ1533.D45
Dewey Decimal Classification
179/.9
Summary
This book is a contribution to African philosophy, by philosophers focusing specifically on the concept of human dignity in ethical theory. The concept of human dignity denotes the intrinsic and superlative worth associated with human beings in virtue of which we owe them utmost moral regard. Although dignity is a foundational concept for African philosophy, there remains scant literature in African philosophy dedicated to critical and systematic reflection on the concept of human dignity. This volume responds to this lacuna by bringing together chapters that offer philosophical exposition, defense (or even rejection) and application of the concept of human dignity in light of intellectual resources in African cultures, such as ubuntu, personhood, and serithi.
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Molefe, Motsamai, editor.
Allsobrook, Christopher, editor.
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1. Introduction to Human Dignity in African Thought
2. Defending a Communal Account of Human Dignity
3. An African Communal Approach to Punishment with Moral Dignity
4. African Personhood, Metaphysical Capacities and Human Dignity
5. Human dignity, Ubuntu and Global Justice
6. Moderate Communitarianism and Human Dignity
7. An African Communitarian Conception of Dignity in Mutual Recognition
8. African Conceptions of Human Dignity and Violence Against Women in South Africa
9. Intrinsic or Instrumental Value? African Philosophical Conceptions of Dignity
10. Un/Re-covering the Concept of Dignity in an African Thought Scheme Through Igbo Proverbs on Greatness, Nobility and Honour
11. Conceptions of Human Dignity in African and European Legal Systems: Consonance or Dissonance?
12. Motho Ha Se Ntja Ha Lahloe: The Philosophy of Human Dignity in Sesotho Culture
13. Wiredu on the Humanistic Orientation of Akan Morality.

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