African Ethics and Death - Moral Status and Human Dignity in Ubuntu Thinking

This book analyses the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death. Providing an important overview of the ethical problems associated with the biological fact of death, it will be of interest to researchers across the fields of philosophy and African Studies.

List of contents

Part 1: African Moral Philosophy 1. Introduction to Moral Status and Death in African Ethics 2. A Defence of Moral Status in African Philosophy 3. Ubuntu Ethics, ubuntu and Moral Status 4. Ubuntu, Empathy and Moral Status Part 2: African Applied Ethics 5. Ubuntu Ethics and Voluntary Euthanasia 6. Ubuntu Ethics and the Moral Status of Dead Human Bodies

About the author

Motsamai Molefe is Senior Researcher, Centre for Leadership Ethics in Africa (CLEA), University of Fort Hare, South Africa, and Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Philosophy.
Elphus Muade is an expert in medical ethics, medical law, environmental ethics, and bioethics with a PhD from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. He is currently doing his post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Leadership Ethics in Africa, University of Fort Hare.

Product details

• Authors: Motsamai Molefe, Motsamai Muade Molefe, Elphus Muade
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032658469
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265846-9
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Africa, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Personal & public health, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Ethics and moral philosophy, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious ethics, Regional / International studies, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Development Studies, Medical Sociology, Sociology: death and dying, Personal and public health / health education, Sociology: Death & Dying, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies