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This is the first comprehensive exploration of African ethics covering everything from normative ethics and applied ethics, to meta-ethics and methodology, as well as the history of its evolution. African Ethics provides an in-depth exploration of Ubuntu ethics which is defined as a set of values based on concepts such as reciprocity, mutual respect, and working towards the common good. Ubuntu ethics also strongly emphasize the place of human dignity. The book engages with both theory and practice and how these ethical ideas impact upon the actual lived experience of Africans. It also includes important political considerations such as the impact of imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism on African ethics as well as the negative impact of apartheid and the renaissance made possible by the ‘The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ whose work was premised heavily on African ethical ideas. This book is not just a wide-ranging and incisive introduction but also a reformulation of key concepts and current debates in African ethics. Crucially, African Ethics is an inclusive text, one that speaks from an African perspective and contributes to the decolonizing of contemporary ethics.

Jonathan O. Chimakonam is a research fellow at the University of South Africa, South Africa. His previous titles include Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies (2019) and he is also editor of African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalisation of Women (2018); Logic and African Philosophy: Seminal Essays on African Systems of Thought (2020); Essays on Contemporary Issues in African Philosophy (2022). He is a co-author of African Metaphysics, Epistemology and a New Logic: A Decolonial Approach to Philosophy (2021).

Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He has published over 70 articles in leading journals in ethics, African, and comparative philosophy.