An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality, and Politics

• Main Author: Molefe, Motsamai (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Philosophy, Asian.; Ethnology-Africa.; African literature.; Non-Western Philosophy.; African Culture.; African Literature.

This book explores the salient ethical idea of personhood in African philosophy. It is a philosophical exposition that pursues the ethical and political consequences of the normative idea of personhood as a robust or even foundational ethical category. Personhood refers to the moral achievements of...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: A Conceptual Mapping of Personhood
• 3: An Exposition of Personhood as Moral Theory
• 4: Personhood: Partiality or Impartiality
• 5: Personhood and Options in African Moral Thought
• 6: Personhood and Dignity in African Philosophy
• 7: Personhood as a Political Theory of Duties.