ETHICAL METHODOLOGY IN METZ’S THEORY OF UBUNTU
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https://doi.org/10.25159/2413-3086/1984Keywords:
African ethics, Ancient Greek philosophy, excellence, σωφÏοσÏνη (sophrosyne), sub-Saharan morality, ubuntu, virtueAbstract
In this article I apply Thaddeus Metz’s ethical methodology to the ancient Greek ideal of σωφÏοσÏνη in order to show that it generates a distorted account of ubuntu. If ubuntu is a virtue concept, then Metz’s analytical method will not reconstruct it — because it fails to determine whether ubuntu refers to one of a plurality of fundamental virtues, the fundamental virtue, or virtue itself.Metrics
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2016-12-01
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Futter, Dylan. 2016. “ETHICAL METHODOLOGY IN METZ’S THEORY OF UBUNTU”. Phronimon 17 (1):57-70. https://doi.org/10.25159/2413-3086/1984.
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