Thaddeus Metz

Gebundenes Buch

A Relational Moral Theory

African Ethics in and Beyond the Continent

Beschreibung

Thaddeus Metz draws on African philosophical traditions to provide a new answer to a perennial philosophical question: what do morally right actions have in common as distinct from wrong ones? The ethical theory that Metz offers in response focuses on harmonious or communal relationships between people.

Autor

Thaddeus Metz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. He obtained his PhD from the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University in 1997. Since then he has become known for driving the application of an analytic method to topics in Continental and African philosophy. His approximately 300 publications include Meaning in Life (OUP, 2013) and Jurisprudence in an African Context (OUP, 2017). In recognition of having brought African philosophy to global audiences, in 2020 Prospect Magazine designated Metz one of The World's Top 50 Thinkers. He is currently P.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780198748960
• ISBN-10: 0198748965
• Artikelnr.: 62535524