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Personhood and (Rectification) Justice in African Thought [PDF]

, 2018
This article invokes the idea of personhood (which it takes to be at the heart of Afrocommunitarian morality) to give an account of corrective/rectification justice.
Molefe, Motsamai
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Deconstructing psychological implications of student unrest among university students through Ubuntu

International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2022
Observation and literature confirm that students are increasingly speaking out on the issues that matter to them in the form of protest and unrest. While this commitment to social injustice is admirable, it also takes a toll on students, leading to ...
Bunmi Isaiah Omodan
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Replacing Development: An Afro-communal Approach to Global Justice [PDF]

, 2017
In this article, I consider whether there are values intrinsic to development theory and practice that are dubious in light of a characteristically African ethic.
Metz, Thaddeus
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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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Renewable Energy Issues in Africa Contexts [PDF]

, 2018
The relationship between energy and ethics is gaining attention in policy rooms around the world. How does one respond to the competing interests of the environment and posterity while also addressing the energy needs of the present human generation?
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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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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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 safe for children in this age group, are widely available, and that children in this age-group ...
Ruach Sarangarajan, Cornelius Ewuoso
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The Ubuntu Principle in the Internal and Foreign Policy of South Africa

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies, 2023
This article discusses the peculiar features of South Africa’s foreign policy, which became the fifth member of BRICS in 2011. The decision for South Africa’s accession to BRICS was based on the principles of the country's foreign policy; facilitating ...
Ekaterina Emelianenko
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Ubuntu as Social Ethics

Conatus - Journal of Philosophy
This paper explores the indigenous African philosophy of Ubuntu and its implications as both a worldview and social ethics. It argues that Ubuntu not only describes the African understanding of personhood, emphasizing connectedness, interdependency, and
Solomon Eyesan
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African Ubuntu, the See-Reflect-Act Model, and Christian Social Practice: Reading Luke 10:38–42 in Light of African Hospitality

Diaconia, 2021
Christian social practice (diaconia) is contextual; it is not uniform to people of all contexts. The contextual and neutral nature of Christian social practice means the question of methodology is important when considering ...
Elia Shabani Mligo
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