Modern Philosophy - 20th Century, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, Religion - Africa, African Americans - Religion, Religion - General & Miscellaneous

Virtues And Values

Name: Virtues And Values
Author: Peter J. Paris
ISBN: 9780800636616

by Peter J. Paris

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Overview

In this small gem of moral reflection, renowned ethicist Peter Paris reveals key elements of a distinctive African worldview. Centered in concepts of God, community, family, and person, they ground the virtues and values most prized by African Americans and African peoples everywhere. Adapted from Paris's acclaimed volume The Spirituality of African Peoples, the book sketches a rich alternative and corrective to individualist western ethics and provides a potent resource for religious ethics today.

Synopsis

This brief volume is excerpted from Peter Paris's popular and influential work The Spirituality of African Peoples on African and African American Spirituality. Paris shows how the religious and moral values of Africa have pervaded African American life and thought. Focusing on six particular virtues, he explores how the African worldview enriched and ennobled African American notions of morality and values, public virtue, and meaningful life.