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Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,220
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Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy (Hardcover): M. Molefe

Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy (Hardcover)

M. Molefe; Foreword by Joerg Loeschke

Series: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue

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Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy fills the lacuna in African philosophy literature on the inherent tension between requirements of partiality (favoritism) and impartiality (equality). Motsamai Molefe deploys two strategies to philosophically resolve the tension between partiality and impartiality. The first strategy involves applying the moral theories of Kwasi Wiredu, Thaddeus Metz, and Kwame Gyekye to the problem. Finding their views useful in some ways and seriously limited in others, Molefe turns to the second strategy in which he invokes the salient normative concept of personhood in African cultures. Molefe argues that the concept of personhood adjoins theories of human dignity and moral perfection (virtue). The major insight that emerges is a robust ethical theory qua personhood that accommodates both partiality and impartiality. He grounds requirements of impartiality on human dignity, which operates largely as a macro-ethical concept that normatively informs the character of our social institutions (politics). Politics is characterized by fairness, equality, and impartiality. Partiality (the agent-and-other-centred forms of it) is directly connected with the agent's chief moral duty to achieve her own virtue (moral perfection), which operates as a micro-ethical concept. These two kinds of moral partialism, self-favoritism and close ties such as family, are justified by appeal to the project's view, instead of the individuals-and-relationships view typically invoked to justify moral partiality in the literature.

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Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Series: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
Release date: November 2021
Authors: M. Molefe
Foreword by: Joerg Loeschke
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-9943-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General
Books > Philosophy > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General
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LSN: 1-4985-9943-5
Barcode: 9781498599436

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