A Theory of the Indigenous Ubuntu Ethical Perspective

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Pages: 49-60
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/HMCY2063

Abstract:

Constructing a tenable theory of Ubuntu is urgent and needed for an indigenous ethical perspective on African social and political development. The theoretical analysis and practical application of Ubuntu seems to have become emotive, restrictive, politicized, and not inclusive enough due to grandstanding about ownership, poor conceptual and theoretical articulation, as well as antagonism from other related dominating foreign worldviews that wish to become the development paradigm for human society. This raises relational and dialogical issues about meaning from an African perspective. A native African paradigm for development is urgent due to the dominant neocolonial paradigms of alienation, exploitation, and marginalization. Ubuntu ethics is defined by a set of positive human values for ensuring stable and viable development worldwide, specifically in Africa.

Keywords:

Ubuntu; ethics; communalism; community; human person; human dignity; moral values.

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