A critical assessment of ubuntu as a source for moral formation in contemporary Africa
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This study presented a critical evaluation of Ubuntu as a source of moral formation in
contemporary Africa. In African society, Ubuntu as a notion of African humanism has been
and still is subject to much criticism. Although Ubuntu plays a role in African literature,
philosophy, anthropology, ethics and theology, scholars on the continent and beyond find it
to be a contested concept. The concept and approach to moral formation described in this
study contributes uniquely to the already existing corpus of literature. The study explored
African thinkers� perspectives of Ubuntu as a resource of moral formation and assessed its
relevance in contemporary Africa.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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African humanism, Ubuntu, African literature, Humanity, Religion