Ubuntu Virtue Theory and Moral Character Formation

ISBN-13: 9781032497280 / Twarda / 2023 / 124 str.

Malawi) Muchineripi Kayange Grivas (University of Malawi

Opis

This book investigates the ubuntu theory-based conception of virtue and moral character formation in the northern, western, and eastern regions of Africa, suggesting a critical reconstruction of ubuntu by conceptualising the four different forms of practices in moral character formation. 

Spis treści

1. Introduction,  2. Basic Concepts,  3. African Character-Based Ethics,  4. Ubuntu Eudaimonia Virtue Theory and Character,  5. Ubuntu Eudaimonia Virtue and Theory Conception Challenges,  6. Ubuntu Theory of Character Education,  7. Character Education Crisis in Modern Africa,  8. Targeted Ubuntu Virtue Theory: Building on Language and Character Formation,  9. Critical Reconstruction of Ubuntu Eudaimonia Virtue Theory,  10. Conclusion

O autorze

Grivas Muchineripi Kayange is Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Malawi. His current research is in African theoretical and practical philosophy, building on insights from the analytic tradition.