"A Herder and Herder book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART 1 -- Fundamental Questions of African Ethics -- 1. STARTING POINT AND ANTHROPOLOGY -- The Problem of the cognatus sum -- Questioning Natural-Law Thinking -- Virtue and Morality -- Fairy Tales, Proverbs, Riddles, and Initiation -- The Narrative Dimension of Virtue -- Various Understandings of Virtue -- 2. ETHICS AND ANAMNESIS -- The Significance of Praxis and Poiesis for Ethical Conduct -- Marriage and Sexuality -- The Anamnetic Dimension of Choreography -- and Art in General -- The Palaver between Communitarianism -- and Discourse Ethics -- The Palaver as Process for Discovering and -- Justifying Norms -- The Essence of the Palaver -- PART 2 -- Identity and the Understanding of Freedom -- 1. WESTERN CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND AFRICAN ANTHROPOLOGY -- Individual Responsibility in "Autonomous" Moral Theology -- The Practice ofAutonomy in Ethics -- The Encyclical Veritatis Splendor -- Individual Responsibility in African Ethics -- The Community and the Individual -- World Ethos and the Ethos of Salvation -- 2. SIN AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE -- Sin and Conscience in Classic Catholic Moral Theology -- Catholic Teaching on the Conscience -- Situation Ethics -- Sin and Conscience in the African Context -- The Internalization of Ethical Norms -- The Community and the Individual Conscience -- 3. CRITICAL OBSERVATION: THE CHALLENGE -- OF INCULTURATION -- Community and Structural Sin -- Limits to the African Tradition -- Mistaken Developments -- The Magisterium and the Authority of the Palaver -- The Magisterium in Ethical Questions -- The Palaver as a Complementary Practice -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Looking Back -- Looking Ahead.

PART 1
Fundamental Questions of African Ethics
1. STARTING POINT AND ANTHROPOLOGY
The Problem of the cognatus sum
Questioning Natural-Law Thinking
Virtue and Morality
Fairy Tales, Proverbs, Riddles, and Initiation
The Narrative Dimension of Virtue
Various Understandings of Virtue
2. ETHICS AND ANAMNESIS
The Significance of Praxis and Poiesis for Ethical Conduct
Marriage and Sexuality
The Anamnetic Dimension of Choreography
and Art in General
The Palaver between Communitarianism
and Discourse Ethics
The Palaver as Process for Discovering and
Justifying Norms
The Essence of the Palaver



PART 2
Identity and the Understanding of Freedom
1. WESTERN CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND AFRICAN ANTHROPOLOGY
Individual Responsibility in "Autonomous" Moral Theology
The Practice ofAutonomy in Ethics
The Encyclical Veritatis Splendor
Individual Responsibility in African Ethics
The Community and the Individual
World Ethos and the Ethos of Salvation
2. SIN AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
Sin and Conscience in Classic Catholic Moral Theology
Catholic Teaching on the Conscience
Situation Ethics
Sin and Conscience in the African Context
The Internalization of Ethical Norms
The Community and the Individual Conscience
3. CRITICAL OBSERVATION: THE CHALLENGE
OF INCULTURATION
Community and Structural Sin
Limits to the African Tradition
Mistaken Developments
The Magisterium and the Authority of the Palaver
The Magisterium in Ethical Questions
The Palaver as a Complementary Practice
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Looking Back
Looking Ahead