03436nam a22005055i 4500 978-94-017-8625-6 DE-He213 20210617050455.0 cr nn 008mamaa 140306s2014 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9789401786256 978-94-017-8625-6 10.1007/978-94-017-8625-6 doi BJ1-1725 HPQ bicssc PHI005000 bisacsh QDTQ thema 170 23 Chuwa, Leonard Tumaini. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut African Indigenous Ethics in Global Bioethics [electronic resource] : Interpreting Ubuntu / by Leonard Tumaini Chuwa. 1st ed. 2014. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014. XI, 258 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Advancing Global Bioethics, 2212-652X ; 1 This book educates whilst also challenging the contemporary schools of thought within philosophical and religious ethics. In addition, it underlines the fact that the substance of ethics in general and bioethics/healthcare ethics specifically, is much more expansive and inclusive than is usually thought. Bioethics is a relatively new academic discipline. However, ethics has existed informally since before the time of Hippocrates. The indigenous culture of African peoples has an ethical worldview which predates the western discourse. This indigenous ethical worldview has been orally transmitted over centuries. The earliest known written African text containing some concepts and content of ethics is the “Declaration of Innocence” written in 1500 B.C., found in an Egyptian text. Ubuntu is an example of African culture that presents an ethical worldview. This work interprets the culture of Ubuntu to explain the contribution of a representative indigenous African ethics to global bioethics. Many modern scholars have written about the meaning of Ubuntu for African societies over centuries. Some scholars have viewed Ubuntu as the greatest contribution of African cultures to other world cultures. None of the scholars, however has explored the culture of Ubuntu as providing a representative indigenous ethics that can contribute to global bioethics as discussed in this book. Ethics. Medical ethics. Culture—Study and teaching. Ethics. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E14000 Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H66000 Regional and Cultural Studies. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411000 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789401786263 Printed edition: 9789401786249 Printed edition: 9789402401264 Advancing Global Bioethics, 2212-652X ; 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8625-6 ZDB-2-SHU ZDB-2-SXPR Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (SpringerNature-11648) Philosophy and Religion (R0) (SpringerNature-43725)