African Indigenous Ethics in Global Bioethics

Interpreting Ubuntu
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-94-024-0126-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 258 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4161 g

Reihe: Advancing Global Bioethics

This book educates whilst also challenging the contemporary schools of thought within philosophical and religious ethics. In addition, it underlines the fact that the substance of ethics in general and bioethics/healthcare ethics specifically, is much more expansive and inclusive than is usually thought. Bioethics is a relatively new academic discipline. However, ethics has existed informally since before the time of Hippocrates. The indigenous culture of African peoples has an ethical worldview which predates the western discourse. This indigenous ethical worldview has been orally transmitted over centuries. The earliest known written African text containing some concepts and content of ethics is the “Declaration of Innocence” written in 1500 B.C., found in an Egyptian text. Ubuntu is an example of African culture that presents an ethical worldview. This work interprets the culture of Ubuntu to explain the contribution of a representative indigenous African ethics to global bioethics. Many modern scholars have written about the meaning of Ubuntu for African societies over centuries. Some scholars have viewed Ubuntu as the greatest contribution of African cultures to other world cultures. None of the scholars, however has explored the culture of Ubuntu as providing a representative indigenous ethics that can contribute to global bioethics as discussed in this book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chuwa, Leonard Tumaini

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Afrikanische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One – Introduction: The Culture of Ubuntu                                                
Chapter Two – Ubuntu Ethics                                                                                               
Chapter Three – Ethics of Care: enlightening the role of rights in global bioethics   
Chapter Four – UNESCO Declaration: enlightening the cosmic context of global bioethics                                                                                             
Chapter Five – Catholic Social Ethics: enlightening the role of solidarity in global bioethics                                                                                             
Chapter Six – Conclusion