Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi
The paper proffers a response to Bernard Matolino’s and Wenceslaus Kwindingwi’s rejection of UBUNTU. To do so, the paper does three things. First, it clarifies important concepts of Ubuntu ethics. That is, it distinguishes among the concepts of Ubuntu (African philosophy), ubuntu (virtue or excellen...
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| description | The paper proffers a response to Bernard Matolino’s and Wenceslaus Kwindingwi’s rejection of UBUNTU. To do so, the paper does three things. First, it clarifies important concepts of Ubuntu ethics. That is, it distinguishes among the concepts of Ubuntu (African philosophy), ubuntu (virtue or excellence) and umuntu (a human being and the value of human dignity associated with her/him). Second, it proffers a defense of Ubuntu ethics, which it [Ubuntu ethics] will construe as a perfectionist moral theory that requires the agent to perfect herself/himself by developing ubuntu (the final good). Finally, the paper provides reasons why we should not call for the end of Ubuntu ethics by suggesting how it (Ubuntu ethics) has conceptual, moral and political resources – such as human dignity and ubuntu – to construct a robust polity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce53ba1326174f16b27cbedeac6a81c92025-01-06T13:55:28ZengConversational Society of Philosophy (CSP)Arụmarụka2788-79282024-12-014283105https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajct.v4i2.6Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and KwindingwiMotsamai MOLEFE0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5030-6222Elphus MUADE1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0821-5080University of South Africa, Graduate School of Business LeadershipUniversity of Fort Hare, Centre for Leadership Ethics in AfricaThe paper proffers a response to Bernard Matolino’s and Wenceslaus Kwindingwi’s rejection of UBUNTU. To do so, the paper does three things. First, it clarifies important concepts of Ubuntu ethics. That is, it distinguishes among the concepts of Ubuntu (African philosophy), ubuntu (virtue or excellence) and umuntu (a human being and the value of human dignity associated with her/him). Second, it proffers a defense of Ubuntu ethics, which it [Ubuntu ethics] will construe as a perfectionist moral theory that requires the agent to perfect herself/himself by developing ubuntu (the final good). Finally, the paper provides reasons why we should not call for the end of Ubuntu ethics by suggesting how it (Ubuntu ethics) has conceptual, moral and political resources – such as human dignity and ubuntu – to construct a robust polity.human dignityubuntu ethicshumanenessubuntuumuntu |
| spellingShingle | Motsamai MOLEFE Elphus MUADE Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi Arụmarụka human dignity ubuntu ethics humaneness ubuntu umuntu |
| title | Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi |
| title_full | Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi |
| title_fullStr | Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi |
| title_short | Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi |
| title_sort | ubuntu umuntu and ubuntu a response to matolino and kwindingwi |
| topic | human dignity ubuntu ethics humaneness ubuntu umuntu |
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