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Ubuntu: a standalone construct

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African studies

a southern African moral idea that a person is a person through other persons, developed into a theory of right action as promoting harmony.

In African studies, Ubuntu refers to a southern African moral idea that a person is a person through other persons, developed into a theory of right action as promoting harmony. This meaning comes from Metz (2007) in Journal of Political Philosophy.[1]

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action3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs harmony3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Metz, T. (2007). Toward an African Moral Theory. Journal of Political Philosophy, 15(3), 321-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2007.00280.x

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