Human Dignity in African Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN-13: 9783030932169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 88 str.

Motsamai Molefe

Spis treści

Preface.- Dedication.- Chapter 1. Introduction to Human Dignity in African Philosophy.- Chapter 2. Theories of Dignity in African Philosophy.- Chapter 3. African Theories of Human Dignity: Euthanasia, Animal Ethics and Disability.- Index.

O autorze

Motsamai Molefe holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy, where he specializes in African philosophy, African and Western Ethics, Applied Ethics, African and Western Social and Political philosophy. He is currently a senior researcher at the Centre for Leadership in Ethics in Africa [CLEA] at the University of Fort Hare. He is the author of four books: [1] An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality and Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019; [2] African Personhood and Applied Ethics, NISC, 2020 and [3] An African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics: A Reflection on Abortion and Euthanasia, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy, Lexington, 2021. Recently, co-edited Towards an African Political Philosophy of Needs, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. He is a fellow of the prestigious Ubuntu Dialogues (2021) hosted by Stellenbosch University and Michigan University. He is an advisory board member of The Global Philosophy of Religion Project.