Animals and African ethics

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    • Horsthemke, Kai

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Animals and African ethics

Kai Horsthemke

(The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and index

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Description

The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Ethics On The African Continent 1. African Philosophy 2. Religion And Ethics In Africa 3. African Creation Myths And The Hierarchy Of Beings 4. The African Ritual Of Animal Slaughter 5. Traditional African Perceptions And Current Practices - Taboos, Totemism And Spiritualism 6. Ubuntu/ Botho/ Hunhu And Non-Human Animals 7. Ukama And African Environmentalism 8. Animals And The Law In East, West And Southern Africa 9. Environmental Justice 10. From Anthropocentrism Towards A Non-Speciesist Africa?

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