Overview
- Throws a spotlight on under-explored African conceptions of human dignity
- Reflects on select applied ethics themes in light of an oft neglected African perspective
- Lays a foundation for cross-cultural reflection on human dignity
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (BRIEFSPHILOSOPH)
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About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Dignity in African Philosophy
Book Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Authors: Motsamai Molefe
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93217-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-93216-9Published: 02 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-93217-6Published: 01 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2211-4548
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4556
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 75
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics, Philosophy, general, Human Geography, African History