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Personhood and Rights in an African Tradition [PDF]

, 2017
It is generally accepted that the normative idea of personhood is central to African moral thought, but what has not been done in the literature is to explicate its relationship to the Western idea of rights.
Motsamai, Molefe
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Tracing Matolino’s Basis of a New Afro-Communitarian Political Theory of Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
Bernard Matolino is one of the outstanding philosophers who left an indelible mark on the development of African philosophy. In his philosophical works, Matolino has mainly focused on the idea of personhood in African philosophy, a critique of (African ...
Simon MAKWINJA
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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
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'A habitual disposition to the good': on reason, virtue and realism [PDF]

, 2015
Amidst the crisis of instrumental reason, a number of contemporary political philosophers including Jürgen Habermas have sought to rescue the project of a reasonable humanism from the twin threats of religious fundamentalism and secular naturalism.
Agamben G., Agamben G., Aristotle, Bauman Z., Bellah R., Benedict, Berlin I., Bruni L., Debord G., Edelman M., Foucault M., Geuss R., Goetz S., Gray J., Gray J., Gray J., Habermas J., Habermas J., Habermas J., Habermas J., Habermas J., Habermas J., Habermas J., Hirst P. Q., Jaspers K., Juergensmeyer M., Juergensmeyer M., Macintyre A., Manent P., Michéa J.-C., Milbank J., Moreland J. P., Muralt A. D., Nancy J.-L., Nicholls D., Northcott M., Pabst A., Planinc Z., Plato, Polanyi K., Popper K. R., Rawls J., Rawls J., Rawls J., Rawls J., Rawls J., Sandel M. J., Sandel M. J., Scott J. C., Taylor C., Taylor C., Taylor C., Taylor C., Thompson E. P., Williams B., Williams B., Wolin S. S.   +56 more
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Discursive Conflicts in Communities and Classrooms [PDF]

, 2003
Communitarianism and compositionists' use of the concept of 'communities of discourse', while intended to promote inclusive discourse, can easily fall prey to the myth of progressivism, ignoring the relative costs of discursive conflict or the pressures ...
Roberts-Miller, Trish
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An Outline of the Basis of a New Afro-Communitarian Political Theory of Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
My aim in this paper is to offer an explanation of the orientation I have adopted in my work on African political theory. This explanation is necessitated by some puzzlement that has arisen as a result of the commitment I have sought to pursue.
Bernard MATOLINO
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Ethical and practical challenges in implementing informed consent in HIV/AIDS clinical trials in developing or resource-limited countries

SAHARA-J, 2009
Background/rationale: Ethical issues regarding HIV/AIDS human research in the developing world remain under continuous evaluation; a critical area of concern includes informed consent.
Kyriaki Mystakidou, Irene Panagiotou, Stelios Katsaragakis, Eleni Tsilika, Efi Parpa   +4 more
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Cultural Orientations of sport managers [PDF]

, 2006
Various interpretations of sport management are cultural constructs underpinned by core assumptions and values held by members of professional communities. Sport managers world wide share common problems, but differ in how they resolve them.
Adler N., Azzopardi K., Berg B. L., Bloom H., Blouet B., Bobev S., Brannen M., Bryman A., Charmaz K., Chelladurai P., Chelladurai P., Chen M., Colyer S., Costa C., Darlington G., Davis K., Dayan D., Denscombe M., DeSensi J., DeSensi J., DeSensi J. T., DeSensi J. T., Dimitra Papadimitriou, Doherty A., Hall E. T., Hall E. T., Hampden-Turner C., Hampden-Turner C., Hickson D., Hickson D., Hofstede G., Hofstede G., Hofstede G., Hofstede G., Holden N., Inkeles A., Jackson R., Jackson T., Kikulis L., Kluckhohn F., Lessem R., Lewis J., Lewis R. D., Lewis R. D., Martin J., Masteralexis L., Minter R., Nicholson J., Oakley B., Palmer A., Parkhouse B., Rokeach M., Rosa López De D'Amico, Sands R., Schein E., Schneider S., Seagrave S., Slack T., Smith P., Soucie D., Taylor T., Taylor T., Taylor T., Torkildsen G., Triandis H.C., Trompenaars F., Trompenaars F., Trompenaars F., Vassil Girginov, Weese W., Westerbeek H., Willett C., Zetterholm S., Zolotov M.   +73 more
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Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism: Making Place for Nationalism [PDF]

, 2012
This essay takes as its point of departure, the debate between cosmopolitanism and communitarianism in international normative theory. It expresses several dissatisfactions with this debate, criticizing its inattention to politics and history, its ...
Rao, Rahul
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Limited, inclusive, and communitarian: in defence of recognising property in the human body [PDF]

Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 2019
While recognising property in the human body would have its uses, there are objections to granting such rights given the unique nature of the body. One objection is that property serves individualistic and not communitarian values and fails to capture the body’s relational interdependent nature.
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