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Record Nr.

UNINA9910766888603321

Autore

Kayange Grivas Muchineripi

Titolo

Meaning of Justice in African Philosophy / / by Grivas Muchineripi Kayange

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-47598-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 pages)

Collana

Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, , 2352-8389 ; ; 28

Disciplina

172.2

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Social justice

Philosophy, African

Political Philosophy

Social Justice

African Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1. General Introduction -- Chapter 2. Semantic Theory of Justice in the Chichewa Language -- Chapter 3. Communitarian Theory of Justice -- Chapter 4. Vitalogical Theory of Justice -- Chapter 5. Divine Gift Theory of Justice -- Chapter 6. Ubuntu Human Nature-Based Theory of Justice -- Chapter 7. African Rights Theory of Justice -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The book examines the meaning of justice in African political philosophy, building on the use-theoretical approach. Currently, most of the philosophical works in this context advocate for a communal interpretation of the meaning of justice, such as the 'relational theory of justice' and 'Ubuntu justice as fairness.' The author argues that this foundation of justice in the community undermines the self, which is a major problem with these theories. As an attempt to go beyond communitarianism in African thought, the book recognizes other philosophical frameworks for elaborating the meaning of justice in ordinary people's experience, such as vitalism, theism, ubuntuism, and



semantic framework. The author opts for a reconstructed ubuntu-based theory of the meaning of justice that reflects the traditional African experience and recuperates 'valuing self-existence' and 'valuing other-existence' as its foundations. The book further identifies the centrality of rights in defining justice intraditional African communities.