In Defence of an Autocentric Account of Ubuntu

Abstract

This response to Thaddeus Metz\'s “Toward an African Moral Theory” engages
with his discussion of an autocentric, or “self-development” account of
ubuntu as a morally normative theory. It is argued that an autocentric ubuntu,
sharing certain strategies available to eudaimonist ethics, is both more plausible
and more attractive than Metz suggests, particularly in that it engages directly
with the immoralist (amoralist).

South African Journal of Philosophy Vol. 26 (4) 2007: pp. 364-368