LEADER 03481nam 22005535 450 001 9910760264703321 005 20251008163606.0 010 $a9783031373411 010 $a3031373413 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-37341-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30874620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30874620 035 $a(CKB)28804936600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1409028530 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-37341-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928804936600041 100 $a20231107d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHuman Dignity in an African Context /$fedited by Motsamai Molefe, Christopher Allsobrook 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (312 pages) 225 0 $aReligion and Philosophy Series 311 08$aPrint version: Molefe, Motsamai Human Dignity in an African Context Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031373404 327 $a1. Introduction to Human Dignity in African Thought -- 2. Defending a Communal Account of Human Dignity -- 3. An African Communal Approach to Punishment with Moral Dignity -- 4. African Personhood, Metaphysical Capacities and Human Dignity -- 5. Human dignity, Ubuntu and Global Justice -- 6. Moderate Communitarianism and Human Dignity -- 7. An African Communitarian Conception of Dignity in Mutual Recognition -- 8. African Conceptions of Human Dignity and Violence Against Women in South Africa -- 9. Intrinsic or Instrumental Value? African Philosophical Conceptions of Dignity -- 10. Un/Re-covering the Concept of Dignity in an African Thought Scheme Through Igbo Proverbs on Greatness, Nobility and Honour -- 11. Conceptions of Human Dignity in African and European Legal Systems: Consonance or Dissonance? -- 12. Motho Ha Se Ntja Ha Lahloe: The Philosophy of Human Dignity in Sesotho Culture -- 13. Wiredu on the Humanistic Orientation of Akan Morality. 330 $aThis book is a contribution to African philosophy, by philosophers focusing specifically on the concept of human dignity in ethical theory. The concept of ?human dignity? denotes the intrinsic and superlative worth associated with human beings in virtue of which we owe them utmost moral regard. Although dignity is a foundational concept for African philosophy, there remains scant literature in African philosophy dedicated to critical and systematic reflection on the concept of human dignity. This volume responds to this lacuna by bringing together chapters that offer philosophical exposition, defense (or even rejection) and application of the concept of human dignity in light of intellectual resources in African cultures, such as ubuntu, personhood, and serithi. 606 $aPhilosophy, African 606 $aEthics 606 $aAfrican Philosophy 606 $aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics 615 0$aPhilosophy, African. 615 0$aEthics. 615 14$aAfrican Philosophy. 615 24$aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 676 $a179.9 676 $a179.9 700 $aMolefe$b Motsamai$0909046 701 $aAllsobrook$b Christopher$01438746 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910760264703321 996 $aHuman Dignity in an African Context$93600381 997 $aUNINA