02438nam 2200577Ia 450 991045267900332120200520144314.01-283-89177-80-7391-7691-9(CKB)2550000000707637(EBL)1101137(OCoLC)827236440(SSID)ssj0000811498(PQKBManifestationID)12352378(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811498(PQKBWorkID)10850430(PQKB)11223770(MiAaPQ)EBC1101137(Au-PeEL)EBL1101137(CaPaEBR)ebr10639660(CaONFJC)MIL420427(EXLCZ)99255000000070763720121126d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNormative justification of a global ethic[electronic resource] a perspective from African philosophy /Uchenna B. OkejaLanham, MD Lexington Books20131 online resource (173 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7690-0 Includes index and bibliographical references.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; IndexThis 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.Philosophy, AfricanEthicsElectronic books.Philosophy, African.Ethics.170170.96Okeja Uchenna B.1983-959947MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452679003321Normative justification of a global ethic2175699UNINA