African Ethics And Death

Author : Motsamai Molefe,Elphus Muade
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003835592

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African Ethics and Death by Motsamai Molefe,Elphus Muade Pdf

This book analyzes the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death. The book first challenges the criticism and rejection of moral status in African philosophy and then continues to consider how moral personhood is defined in African ethical theories, investigating which entities have full moral status or moral personhood and are therefore worthy of full ethical consideration. It then applies this theory to the problems associated with death. In the medical context, will an African theory of moral status permit or forbid euthanasia? Do we have moral obligations towards dead human bodies? Overall, the book provides an important African axiological contribution to debates on global ethics and moral philosophy. Providing an important overview of the ethical problems associated with the biological fact of death, this book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of philosophy and African studies.

Author : Motsamai Molefe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030465193

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An African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics by Motsamai Molefe Pdf

This book articulates an African conception of dignity in light of the salient axiological category of personhood in African cultures. The idea of personhood embodies a moral system for evaluating human lives exuding with virtue or ones that are morally excellent. This book argues that this idea of personhood embodies an under-explored conception of dignity, which accounts for it in terms of our capacity for the virtue of sympathy. It then proceeds to apply this personhood-based conception of dignity to bioethical questions, specifically, those of abortion and euthanasia. Regarding abortion, it concludes that it is impermissible since foetuses possess partial moral status. Regarding euthanasia, it argues that it is permissible for reasons revolving around avoiding the reversing of personhood. It also, though, minimally, touches on the questions regarding the mentally disabled and animals, to which it assigns lower moral status.

Author : Fainos Mangena,Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781622732623

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The Death Penalty from an African Perspective by Fainos Mangena,Jonathan O. Chimakonam Pdf

This book is about an African philosophical examination of the death penalty debate. In a 21st century world where the notion of human right is primed, this book considers the question of the death penalty in two sub-Saharan African countries namely, Zimbabwe and Nigeria, notorious for their poor human right records. This edited collection comprises of 11 essays from Zimbabwean and Nigerian philosophers. As opinions continue to divide over the retention or abolition of the death penalty, these African philosophers attempt to localise this debate by raising the following questions: What is the meaning of life in the African place? Is it proper to take the human life under any guise at all? Who has the right to take the human life? Can the death penalty be justified on the bases of African cultures? Why should it be abolished? Why should it be retained? Indeed, this book is the first of its kind to engage the tumultuous issue of capital punishment in the postcolonial Africa and from the African philosophical point of view.

Author : John Afiagbokai Onimhawo
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Consultancy Services
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:30000060944117

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Euthanasia and African Culture by John Afiagbokai Onimhawo Pdf

Author : Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030705503

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African Values, Ethics, and Technology by Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu Pdf

This book charts technological developments from an African ethical perspective. It explores the idea that while certain technologies have benefited Africans, the fact that these technologies were designed and produced in and for a different setting leads to conflicts with African ethical values. Written in a simple and engaging style, the authors apply an African ethical lens to themes such as: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the moral status of technology, technology and sexual relations, and bioethics and technology.

Author : Wesley J. Smith
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781458778413

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The Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (Large Print 16pt) by Wesley J. Smith Pdf

When his teenaged son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 106-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher's temperature subsided almost immediately. Soon afterwards he regained consciousness and today he is learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley Smith recounts in his groundbreaking new book, The Culture of Death. Smith believes that American medicine ''is changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a starkly utilitarian model in which the medically defenseless are seen as having not just a 'right' but a 'duty' to die.'' Going behind the current scenes of our health care system, he shows how doctors withdraw desired care based on Futile Care Theory rather than provide it as required by the Hippocratic Oath. And how ''bioethicists'' influence policy by considering questions such as whether organs may be harvested from the terminally ill and disabled. This is a passionate, yet coolly reasoned book about the current crisis in medical ethics by an author who has made ''the new thanatology'' his consuming interest.

Author : Bénézet Bujo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X006118110

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The Ethical Dimension of Community by Bénézet Bujo Pdf

Author : P. N. Wachege
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Christianity
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111601998

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Living to Die, Dying to Live by P. N. Wachege Pdf

Author : James M. Humber,Robert F. Almeder,Gregg A. Kasting
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994-02-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781592594481

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Physician-Assisted Death by James M. Humber,Robert F. Almeder,Gregg A. Kasting Pdf

Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.

Author : Munyaradzi Felix Murove
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133241765

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African Ethics by Munyaradzi Felix Murove Pdf

This is the first comprehensive volume on African ethics, centered on Ubuntu and its relevance today. Important contemporary issues are explored, such as African bioethics, business ethics, traditional African attitudes to the environment, and the possible development of a new form of democracy based on indigenous African political systems. In a world that has become interconnected, this anthology demonstrates that African ethics can make valuable contributions to global ethics. It is not only African academics, students, organizations, or those individuals committed to ethics that are envisaged as the beneficiaries of this book, but all humankind. A number of topics presented here were inspired by a Shona proverb that says, Ndarira imwe hairiri (One brass wire cannot produce a sound). The chorus of voices in African Ethics demonstrates this proverbial truism.

Author : Emilie Maureen Townes
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0826413684

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Breaking the Fine Rain of Death by Emilie Maureen Townes Pdf

Townes offers models of care that have worked in some African American communities and need to be used on a broader scale. She explores healing models sensitive to class and cultural context, and provides practical recommendations relevant to the needs of the Black Church and the African American Community.

Author : Jonathan O. Chimakonam,Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350191792

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African Ethics by Jonathan O. Chimakonam,Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues Pdf

This is the first comprehensive exploration of African ethics covering everything from normative ethics and applied ethics, to meta-ethics and methodology, as well as the history of its evolution. African Ethics provides an in-depth exploration of Ubuntu ethics which is defined as a set of values based on concepts such as reciprocity, mutual respect, and working towards the common good. Ubuntu ethics also strongly emphasize the place of human dignity. The book engages with both theory and practice and how these ethical ideas impact upon the actual lived experience of Africans. It also includes important political considerations such as the impact of imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism on African ethics as well as the negative impact of apartheid and the renaissance made possible by the 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission' whose work was premised heavily on African ethical ideas. This book is not just a wide-ranging and incisive introduction but also a reformulation of key concepts and current debates in African ethics. Crucially, African Ethics is an inclusive text, one that speaks from an African perspective and contributes to the decolonizing of contemporary ethics.

Author : Jeff McMahan
Publisher : Oxford Ethics Series
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0195169824

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The Ethics of Killing by Jeff McMahan Pdf

Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity and the immorality of killing, Jeff McMahan looks at various issues, including abortion, infanticide, the killing of animals, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.

Author : Adrienne E. Strong
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520973916

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Documenting Death by Adrienne E. Strong Pdf

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Documenting Death is a gripping ethnographic account of the deaths of pregnant women in a hospital in a low-resource setting in Tanzania. Through an exploration of everyday ethics and care practices on a local maternity ward, anthropologist Adrienne E. Strong untangles the reasons Tanzania has achieved so little sustainable success in reducing maternal mortality rates, despite global development support. Growing administrative pressures to document good care serve to preclude good care in practice while placing frontline healthcare workers in moral and ethical peril. Maternal health emergencies expose the precarity of hospital social relations and accountability systems, which, together, continue to lead to the deaths of pregnant women.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004697676

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An African Research Ethics Reader by Anonim Pdf

Cultural research ethics is in a nascent phase within the field of research ethics as a whole and requires more attention and in-depth articulation. With specific case studies, this vital volume provides unique perspectives on topics such as social autonomy vis-a-vis interests of individuals. This volume assembles needed resources and case studies in cultural research ethics practices, providing insight into current developments and future research directions. It is a valuable contribution to cultural research ethics given the dearth of published literature available in this emerging field. It is designed with two broad audiences in mind: (1) African researchers and research organizations that want homegrown guidance about research ethics, and (2) research ethicists worldwide who can use it to learn about cultural research ethics especially with respect to Africa.