WVES 1.3

• Ubuntu

  African way of thinking that gives advice on how to behave based on African news, aiming to help people understand what's right/wrong
• Humanism

  A philosophy that places the interests of the people it serves first in order to maximise their welfare
• Characteristics of Ubuntu

  • Notion of humanism
  • Morality of duty
  • Social morality
  • Moral relativism
  • Interests of the collective is greater than the interests of the individual
• Moderate communitarianism

  The community does determine the individual but the interests of the community still serve the individual
• Social morality

  Being expected to be moved by African moral norms, beliefs, and moral terms like good, bad, and wrong that originate from religious precepts
• Moral relativism

  Being moral by moving and meshing with social experiences of beings as African beings
• African Moral Theory

  • Based on African views
  • Aims to help people understand what's right/wrong
• Morality of duty

  The duty to show concern for the widerest and welfare of others
• Radical communitarianism

  The community completely determines and forms the individual
• Ubuntu foundations

  Moral norms, beliefs, and moral terms like good, bad, and wrong originate from religious precepts