{"product_id":"ubuntu-ethics-human-dignity-moral-perfectionism-and-needs-paperback","title":"Ubuntu Ethics: Human Dignity, Moral Perfectionism, and Needs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMotsamai Molefe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a philosophical exposition of Ubuntu ethics, which it does by explaining the saying 'a person is a person through other persons'. Written by one of the world's leading scholars of African philosophy, the book first argues that the focus on \u003ci\u003eumuntu \u003c\/i\u003e(or, a person) in Ubuntu ethics as intrinsically valuable makes ethical humanism and human dignity vitally important. The book then goes on to consider the role of virtue ethics in driving an ideal of moral perfectionism. This, in turn, provides the basis for what a good society should be: a needs-based political theory. Providing an important guide through Ubuntu ethics as a moral system constructed in terms of moral perfectionism, it will be an important read for researchers of African philosophy, and of the philosophy of virtue ethics and moral perfectionism more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotsamai Molefe is an Associate Professor, University of South Africa, Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa. He specialises in African philosophy, Ethics, and Governance. He serves as the Chair of Department: Inter-Africa Trade and Investment. He is the Editor-in-chief of the \u003ci\u003eSouth African Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent co-authored book \u003ci\u003eAfrican Ethics and Death: Moral Status and Human Dignity in Ubuntu\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThinking \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2023) and co-edited book \u003ci\u003eHuman Dignity in an\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfrican Context \u003c\/i\u003e(Palgrave, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48004975853789,"sku":"9781032846286","price":56.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/0RUHUlKm_W9781032846286.webp?v=1781945659","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/ubuntu-ethics-human-dignity-moral-perfectionism-and-needs-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}