Description
| Product ID: | 9781032658407 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in African Philosophy |
| Title: | African Ethics and Death |
| Subtitle: | Moral Status and Human Dignity in Ubuntu Thinking |
| Authors: | Author: Elphus Muade, Motsamai Molefe |
| Page Count: | 116 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy, Religious ethics, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Sociology: death and dying, Social and cultural anthropology, Politics and government, Personal and public health / health education, Medical sociology, Regional geography, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Religious ethics, Tribal religions, Cultural studies, Social groups, Sociology: death & dying, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Politics & government, Personal & public health, Medical sociology, Regional geography, Health & personal development, Africa |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book analyses the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death. Providing an important overview of the ethical problems associated with the biological fact of death, it will be of interest to researchers across the fields of philosophy and African Studies. This book analyzes the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death. The book first challenges the criticism and rejection of moral status in African philosophy and then continues to consider how moral personhood is defined in African ethical theories, investigating which entities have full moral status or moral personhood and are therefore worthy of full ethical consideration. It then applies this theory to the problems associated with death. In the medical context, will an African theory of moral status permit or forbid euthanasia? Do we have moral obligations towards dead human bodies? Overall, the book provides an important African axiological contribution to debates on global ethics and moral philosophy. Providing an important overview of the ethical problems associated with the biological fact of death, this book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of philosophy and African studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-12-12 |
