Ubuntu as a moral philosophy?
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2021.1.39919Keywords:
Ubuntu, Moral philosophy, Political philosophy, South AfricaAbstract
This article discusses different uses of ubuntu. Particularly, it debates the possibilities for the concept to sustain a moral philosophy. It is a strong issue, especially in the South African academy, and this discussion is basically divided among ubuntu “enthusiasts” as a possibility to rescue a lost sense of community; and its “detractors”, who understand it as incompatible with modernity.
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