Ubuntu Ethics: Human Dignity, Moral Perfectionism, and Needs - Hardcover

by Motsamai Molefe (Author)

This book provides a philosophical exposition of Ubuntu ethics, which is grounded in the understanding that 'a person is a person through other persons'. The book will be an important read for researchers of African philosophy, and of the philosophy of virtue ethics and moral perfectionism more generally.

Author Biography

Motsamai Molefe is an Associate Professor, University of South Africa, School of Business Leadership, South Africa. He specializes in African philosophy, Ethics and Governance. He serves as the Chair of Department: Inter-Africa Trade and Investment. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Philosophy. His recent monograph is African Ethics and Death: Moral Status and Human Dignity in Ubuntu Thinking (Routledge, 2023).