African Indigenous Ethics in Global Bioethics
Interpreting Ubuntu
Seiten
2016
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-0126-4 (ISBN)
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-0126-4 (ISBN)
This book educates whilst also challenging the contemporary schools of thought within philosophical and religious ethics. This work interprets the culture of Ubuntu to explain the contribution of a representative indigenous African ethics to global bioethics.
This book educates whilst also challenging the contemporary schools of thought within philosophical and religious ethics. In addition, it underlines the fact that the substance of ethics in general and bioethics/healthcare ethics specifically, is much more expansive and inclusive than is usually thought. Bioethics is a relatively new academic discipline. However, ethics has existed informally since before the time of Hippocrates. The indigenous culture of African peoples has an ethical worldview which predates the western discourse. This indigenous ethical worldview has been orally transmitted over centuries. The earliest known written African text containing some concepts and content of ethics is the “Declaration of Innocence” written in 1500 B.C., found in an Egyptian text. Ubuntu is an example of African culture that presents an ethical worldview. This work interprets the culture of Ubuntu to explain the contribution of a representative indigenous African ethics to global bioethics. Many modern scholars have written about the meaning of Ubuntu for African societies over centuries. Some scholars have viewed Ubuntu as the greatest contribution of African cultures to other world cultures. None of the scholars, however has explored the culture of Ubuntu as providing a representative indigenous ethics that can contribute to global bioethics as discussed in this book.
This book educates whilst also challenging the contemporary schools of thought within philosophical and religious ethics. In addition, it underlines the fact that the substance of ethics in general and bioethics/healthcare ethics specifically, is much more expansive and inclusive than is usually thought. Bioethics is a relatively new academic discipline. However, ethics has existed informally since before the time of Hippocrates. The indigenous culture of African peoples has an ethical worldview which predates the western discourse. This indigenous ethical worldview has been orally transmitted over centuries. The earliest known written African text containing some concepts and content of ethics is the “Declaration of Innocence” written in 1500 B.C., found in an Egyptian text. Ubuntu is an example of African culture that presents an ethical worldview. This work interprets the culture of Ubuntu to explain the contribution of a representative indigenous African ethics to global bioethics. Many modern scholars have written about the meaning of Ubuntu for African societies over centuries. Some scholars have viewed Ubuntu as the greatest contribution of African cultures to other world cultures. None of the scholars, however has explored the culture of Ubuntu as providing a representative indigenous ethics that can contribute to global bioethics as discussed in this book.
Chapter One – Introduction: The Culture of Ubuntu
Chapter Two – Ubuntu Ethics
Chapter Three – Ethics of Care: enlightening the role of rights in global bioethics
Chapter Four – UNESCO Declaration: enlightening the cosmic context of global bioethics
Chapter Five – Catholic Social Ethics: enlightening the role of solidarity in global bioethics
Chapter Six – Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.09.2016 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Advancing Global Bioethics ; 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 94-024-0126-1 / 9402401261 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-94-024-0126-4 / 9789402401264 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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