Well-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development, edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan, explores the notion of well-being in... Show moreWell-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development, edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan, explores the notion of well-being in African and intercultural philosophy and its insights into global ethics of development. Drawing from longstanding debates on communitarianism in the context of personhood in African philosophy, as well as those in intercultural philosophy, the diverse contributors present manifold ways to philosophize about well-being from African contexts. Hailing from sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, they address questions of human well-being related to the major global challenges of our time, such as climate change and socio-economic, gender, and racial inequality in society, education, and organization. This collection, building on the work of African independence philosophers as well as oral traditions from a critical development studies perspective, offers fresh views on well-being, development, and morality, thus contributing to global ethics from an African vantage point. Show less
The main question that arises when one discusses the concept of well-being in philosophy is whose well-being is at stake. Is it primarily the well-being of the individual or that of the community?... Show moreThe main question that arises when one discusses the concept of well-being in philosophy is whose well-being is at stake. Is it primarily the well-being of the individual or that of the community? Does the pointer of the balance between the community and the individual move to liberalism and atomism or holism and communitarianism? This introductory book chapter focuses on the philosophical contributions of three well-known Ghanaian philosophers to the conceptualisation of human well-being to increase insights into the global ethics of development. These philosophers are the late Kwasi Wiredu (1931-2022), the late Kwame Gyekye (1939-2019), and Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954 -). The chapter will kick off with these Akan philosophers’ (implied) contributions to the so-called ‘classical communitarian debate’ which focuses on the pressing question of how to reach harmony between the interests of the community and the individual in modern Africa. Then, it will focus on how these philosophers developed an ethics that goes beyond the boundaries of their cultural group by borrowing from the field of Intercultural Philosophy. Finally, it will concentrate on the conceptualisation of human well-being in the context of Intercultural Philosophy as insights into ‘global ethics of development’ but not before introducing ‘ethics of global development’. Show less
Louise Müller e o jogo da filosofia africana“O conhecimento é como um baobá, nenhuma pessoa sozinha pode abraçálo”. Este é um provérbio Akan pode ser combinado com outro que diz “Que nenhuma cidade... Show moreLouise Müller e o jogo da filosofia africana“O conhecimento é como um baobá, nenhuma pessoa sozinha pode abraçálo”. Este é um provérbio Akan pode ser combinado com outro que diz “Que nenhuma cidade (polis) possui sozinha a verdade”. Nenhuma ou cidade poderia almejar a posse integral da verdade. É nesse sentido que a filósofa holandesa Louise Müller, especialista na cultura akan, tem se dedicado a filosofia africana, desenvolvendo diálogos interculturais, assim como, buscando se aprofundar nos conhecimentos de línguas e culturas africanas. Show less
