African Traditional Religion and moral philosophy
The article provides a philosophical explication of an African religious moral philosophy. Often philosophers repudiate the view that African Traditional Religions (ATR) can embody a religious moral philosophy. Theologians, on the other hand, tend to believe that ATR can, but they often do not provi...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Religious studies
Jahr: 2023, Band: 59, Heft: 2, Seiten: 355-370 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Traditionelle afrikanische Religion
/ Religionsphilosophie
/ Ethik
/ Vitalität
/ Normative Logik
/ Metaethik
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus BS Afrikanische Religionen KBN Subsahara-Afrika NCA Ethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Deontology
B Moral Status B Moral Philosophy B Environmental Ethics B Normative Theory B Bioethics B Religion B Personhood |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The article provides a philosophical explication of an African religious moral philosophy. Often philosophers repudiate the view that African Traditional Religions (ATR) can embody a religious moral philosophy. Theologians, on the other hand, tend to believe that ATR can, but they often do not provide a systematic account of such an ethical system. The article demonstrates that ATR can embody an under-explored moral philosophy. ATR refers to indigenous religious ideas, beliefs, and practices of the indigenous people below the Sahara. The article will invoke the metaphysical and moral concept of vitality as the basis to construct an African religious moral philosophy. (It is worth noting that this article merely constructs, but it does not defend, this ethical system.) Vitality is the spiritual energy that originates, maximally inheres and defines God, and God has since distributed it to all that exists, albeit in varying degrees. By ‘moral philosophy’, the article focuses on (1) meta-ethics (it proffers a vitality-based account of the moral terms right and wrong); (2) normative theory (it expounds on the perfectionist and deontological principles of right action); and (3) applied ethics (it invokes a vitality-based conception of moral status to explore environmental ethics and select bioethical themes). |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412522000543 |