Personhood: An emergent view from Africa and the West.

IF 0.9 3区 哲学 Q3 ETHICS
Nancy S Jecker, Caesar A Atuire
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Abstract

African understandings of personhood are complex, with different accounts emphasizing distinct aspects of what it means to be a person. Some accounts stress excellence of character and performing well in social roles and relationships, while others focus on innate moral qualities of individuals independent of their conduct and character. This paper sheds new light on these twin aspects of personhood. It proposes a way to navigate these dual features by bringing African and Western personhood into conversation, building on the strengths of each approach, and developing a new view of personhood that we call, Emergent Personhood. Section 1 introduces diverse approaches to personhood within African thought. Section 2 compares African and Western approaches. Section 3 evaluates advantages and disadvantages of each and identifies conditions that any account of personhood must meet to leverage the advantages and avoid the disadvantages identified. Section 4 introduces Emergent Personhood, which meets these conditions. Section 5 concludes that expanding the conversation about personhood across cultures enriches an ongoing conversation about what it means to be a person.

人格:来自非洲和西方的新观点。
非洲人对 "人 "的理解是复杂的,不同的说法强调 "人 "的不同含义。有些观点强调卓越的品格以及在社会角色和人际关系中的良好表现,而另一些观点则侧重于个人与生俱来的道德品质,与其行为和品格无关。本文对人格的这两个方面进行了新的阐释。本文提出了一种方法,通过将非洲人格和西方人格引入对话,借鉴每种方法的长处,发展出一种新的人格观,我们称之为 "新兴人格",从而驾驭这些双重特征。第 1 节介绍了非洲思想中关于人格的各种方法。第 2 节比较了非洲和西方的方法。第 3 节评估了每种方法的优缺点,并确定了任何关于人格的论述都必须满足的条件,以充分利用所确定的优势,避免所确定的劣势。第 4 节介绍了符合这些条件的新兴人格。第 5 节的结论是,扩展关于跨文化人格的对话可以丰富目前关于 "作为人意味着什么 "的对话。
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Developing World Bioethics
Developing World Bioethics 医学-医学:伦理
CiteScore
4.50
自引率
4.50%
发文量
48
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Developing World Bioethics provides long needed case studies, teaching materials, news in brief, and legal backgrounds to bioethics scholars and students in developing and developed countries alike. This companion journal to Bioethics also features high-quality peer reviewed original articles. It is edited by well-known bioethicists who are working in developing countries, yet it will also be open to contributions and commentary from developed countries'' authors. Developing World Bioethics is the only journal in the field dedicated exclusively to developing countries'' bioethics issues. The journal is an essential resource for all those concerned about bioethical issues in the developing world. Members of Ethics Committees in developing countries will highly value a special section dedicated to their work.
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