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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779471303321

Autore

Okeja Uchenna B. <1983->

Titolo

Normative justification of a global ethic [[electronic resource] ] : a perspective from African philosophy / / Uchenna B. Okeja

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2013

ISBN

1-283-89177-8

0-7391-7691-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

170

170.96

Soggetti

Philosophy, African

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index and bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1 On the Concept of a Global Ethic; 2 The Context of the Normative Justification; 3 The Notion of African Ethics; 4 Reconstruction of the Global Ethic Project; 5 African Philosophy and the Normativity of a Global Ethic; 6 Normativity Beyond Sympathetic Impartiality; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the normative questions raised by the postulation and declaration of a global ethic. Its scope covers the questions "why do we need a global ethic?", "what kind of global ethic do we need and what sort of normative justification does it imply?" The book considers the imperative of global ethic to be plausible because it demands consistency in the application of the rule or standard of moral behavior.