Description: African Personhood and Applied Ethics offers a philosophical explication of the ethics of personhood to give reasons why we should take it seriously as an African moral perspective that can contribute to global moral-political issues.
Brief description: Motsamai Molefe (PhD) is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Leadership Ethics in Africa (CLEA) at the University of Fort Hare. His research focuses on African Ethics, Bioethics, Development Studies, Environmental Ethics, and Social and Political Philosophy. He is the author of An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality and Politics published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Review Quotes:
'Molefe addresses some central themes in African normative thought and important ones philosophically speaking. The manuscript made me think, which is what those working in the field of philosophy want to see. It advances original positions (sometimes novel views, sometimes novel defences of familiar views) with admirable clarity and interestingly strives to advance a unified account of character, rightness and justice.' - Thaddeus Metz, Humanities Research Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
'The work presents a new approach in African political philosophy which is grounded on personhood. One can decipher a fusion of moral and communal frameworks in African political philosophy. The work is both innovative and critical. (It) is an engagement with the works of professional African philosophers (which) shows that we can build an African political philosophy from the works of African philosophers, past and current. The author brings in a new dimension, say modern dimension, which is rights and duty based, to the understanding of personhood in African philosophy as initiated by Mbiti and fully espoused by Menkiti, Gyekye, Wiredu, Gbadegesin among others.' - Olatunji Oyeshile, Professor of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria