Bernard Matolino’s Outline of the Basis for a New Afro-Communitarian Democracy
Arụmarụka, 2022 In this paper, I engage with Bernard Matolino’s proposal for a new Afro-communitarian democracy as presented in his works “An Outline of the basis of a new Afro-communitarian political theory”, “Afro-Communitarian Democracy” and “Consensus as Democracy ...
Joyline GWARA
doaj +5 more sources
Why ethical frameworks fail to deliver in a pandemic: Are proposed alternatives an improvement? [PDF]
Bioethics, 2023 Abstract In the past decade, numerous ethical frameworks have been developed to support public health decision‐making in challenging areas. Before the COVID‐19 pandemic began, members of the authorship team were involved in research programmes, in which the development of ethical frameworks was planned, to guide (a) the use of new technologies for ...
Degeling C +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
The relational and redistributive dynamics of mutual aid: implications of Afro-communitarian ethics for the study of creative work [PDF]
Business Ethics QuarterlyStudies of non-standard, project-based forms of work prevalent in the creative industries have typically theorized the relational dynamics of work as a competitive process of social capital accumulation involving an individualistic, self-enterprising ...
Alacovska, Ana +3 more
core +3 more sources
Adults aged 65 years and older in South Africa have a responsibility to vaccinate against influenza. [PDF]
Dev World BioethAbstract In this article, we draw on the thinking about incompleteness and conviviality grounded in Afro‐communitarianism ethics from the Global South to argue that adults aged 65 years and above have a prima facie responsibility to vaccinate against influenza.
Sarangarajan R, Ewuoso C.
europepmc +2 more sources
An African perspective on the partiality and impartiality debate: Insights from Kwasi Wiredu's moral philosophy [PDF]
, 2017 In this article, I attempt to bridge the gap between partiality and impartiality in moral philosophy from an oft-neglected African perspective. I draw a solution for this moral-theoretical impasse between partialists and impartialists from Kwasi Wiredu's,
Molefe, Motsamai
core +2 more sources
Ubuntu Philosophy and Mandatory Measles Vaccinations for Children
Religions, 2022 This is a primarily normative paper that draws on the thinking about friendliness grounded in an Afro-communitarian (Ubuntu) philosophy to argue for measles vaccine mandates for children below 6 years old under the assumptions that measles vaccines are ...
Ruach Sarangarajan, Cornelius Ewuoso
doaj +1 more source
A model of virtuous leadership in Africa: case study of a Nigerian firm [PDF]
, 2020 The nature and extent of Africa’s leadership challenge has been explored from multi-theoretical perspectives finding that amongst other issues, it is ethical in nature.
Adewale, Adeyinka
core +1 more source
Philosophical racism and ubuntu: In dialogue with Mogobe Ramose [PDF]
, 2020 This article discusses two complementary themes that play an important role in contemporary South African political philosophy: (1) the racist tradition in Western philosophy; and (2) the role of ubuntu in regaining an authentic African identity, which ...
Maris, C.W.
core +5 more sources
Religion, Animals, and the Problem of Evil: A Decolonial Approach from Relational Ontology
Religions, 2022 The fact that there is animal suffering in the world seems to challenge the existence of God. This is because although we can find plausible reasons for the existence of human suffering (the pursuit of a greater good), it seems that the suffering of ...
Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Pao-Shen Ho
doaj +1 more source
Addressing exploitation and inequities in open science: A relational perspective
Developing World Bioethics, Volume 23, Issue 4, Page 331-343, December 2023., 2023 Abstract There are concerns that participation in open science will lead to various forms of exploitation – of researchers and scholars in low‐income countries and under‐resourced institutions. This article defends a contrary thesis and demonstrates the exact ways the underexplored notions of communal relationships, human dignity and social justice ...
Cornelius Ewuoso +3 more
wiley +1 more source