Ubuntu ethics : human dignity, moral perfectionism, and needs

• Main Author: Molefe, Motsamai (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
• Series: Routledge studies in African philosophy.
• Subjects: Ubuntu (Philosophy); Dignity.; Perfection > Moral and ethical aspects.; Ethics > Africa.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781003514213; 1003514219; 9781040127346; 1040127347; 9781040127292; 1040127290; 9781032846347; 9781032846286
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"This book provides a philosophical exposition of Ubuntu ethics, which is grounded in the understanding that 'a person is a person through other persons'. Written by one of the world's leading scholars of African philosophy, the book first argues that this focus on umuntu (or, a...