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020			_a9789401786256 (electronic bk.)
020			_a9401786259 (electronic bk.)
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020			_a9789401786249 (print)
024	7		_a10.1007/978-94-017-8625-6
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100	1		_aChuwa, Leonard Tumaini, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAfrican indigenous ethics in global bioethics : _binterpreting Ubuntu / _cLeonard Tumaini Chuwa.
300			_a1 online resource (258 pages).
490	1		_aAdvancing Global Bioethics ; _vvolume 1.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	8		_aThis 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.
538			_aAvailable electronically via the Internet.
650		0	_aBioethics _zAfrica _xHistory.
650		0	_aUbuntu (Philosophy)
653			_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics
653			_aBioethics.
653			_aUbuntu (Philosophy)
653			_aAfrica.
653			_aElectronic books.
653			_aHistory.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aChuwa, Leonard. _tAfrican indigenous ethics in global bioethics. Interpreting Ubuntu _z9789401786249 _w(OCoLC)871243754.
830		0	_aAdvancing global bioethics ; _vv.1.
856	4	0	_uhttp://0-link.springer.com.library.vu.edu.au/10.1007/978-94-017-8625-6 _zFull-text via Springer English/International eBooks 2014 - Full Set
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