Thaddeus Metz draws on African philosophical traditions to provide a new answer to a perennial philosophical question: what do morally right actions have in common as distinct from wrong ones? The ethical theory that he offers in response focuses on harmonious or communal relationships between people.
Thaddeus Metz draws on African philosophical traditions to provide a new answer to a perennial philosophical question: what do morally right actions have in common as distinct from wrong ones? The ethical theory that he offers in response focuses on harmonious or communal relationships between people.
Thaddeus Metz is Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. He obtained his PhD from the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University in 1997. Since then he has become known for driving the application of an analytic method to topics in continental and African philosophy. He is the author of around 300 publications include Meaning in Life (Oxford, 2013) and Jurisprudence in an African Context (Oxford, 2017). In recognition of having brought African philosophy to global audiences, Prospect Magazine designated Metz one of The World's Top 50 Thinkers in 2020.
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* 1: Introducing African Ethics * Part I: Meta-ethics: African Ethics without a Metaphysical Ground * 2: Reconsidering Ontology's Relevance * 3: Analyzing African Ethics * Part II Normative Ethics: Communality as the Ground of African Morality * 4: The Common Good * 5: Vital Force * 6: Communal Relationship * 7: A Relational Moral Theory * Part III Applied Ethics: Communality as the Ground of Morality Simpliciter * 8: Environmental Ethics * 9: Biomedical Ethics * 10: Research Ethics * 11: Education Ethics * 12: Business Ethics * 13: Conclusion * Epilogue
* 1: Introducing African Ethics * Part I: Meta-ethics: African Ethics without a Metaphysical Ground * 2: Reconsidering Ontology's Relevance * 3: Analyzing African Ethics * Part II Normative Ethics: Communality as the Ground of African Morality * 4: The Common Good * 5: Vital Force * 6: Communal Relationship * 7: A Relational Moral Theory * Part III Applied Ethics: Communality as the Ground of Morality Simpliciter * 8: Environmental Ethics * 9: Biomedical Ethics * 10: Research Ethics * 11: Education Ethics * 12: Business Ethics * 13: Conclusion * Epilogue
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