This book offers fresh academic insights, reflections, questions, issues, and approaches to development ethics, taking into account, African values and ethics. Development ethics is an area of applied ethics that examines the moral issues involved in global, social, and economic transformation. While it is a relatively new discipline, there have been numerous scholarly publications on it from Western perspectives. However, only a few studies that focused on development ethics from the African perspective. To address this gap, the book seeks to answer critical questions such as "What does development mean to Africans?", "How can we measure development?", "Who gets to decide?", and "What constitutes just development in Africa?"
With contributions from African scholars from diverse backgrounds, the book covers various development themes such as Theories and approaches to development ethics in Africa, Environmental Ethics and African Development, Ethics, Politics and African Development, Migration and African development, Gender, Ethics and Socio-economic Development in Africa, Education, Ethics and African development. It is an essential resource for researchers, lecturers, and students interested in political philosophy and African culture studies.

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Preface
Acknowledgement
Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Development Ethics in the African Context
Introduction: Exploring Development Ethics in an African Context
1 Introduction
2 Defining Development
3 Reflections on Development Ethics from an African Perspective
4 Chapters of the Book
5 Conclusion
References
African Ethics as a Conduit to Development
1 Introduction
2 The Concept of Ethics in General
3 Does the Notion of Ethics Exist in Traditional African Cultures?
4 Can Traditional African Ethics Lead to Development?
4.1 The Notion of the Common Good as Pertinent to African Ethics
4.2 Traditional African Ethics as an Ethics of Responsibility
5 Parents, Teachers, Religious Leaders and Social Workers as Having a Role to Play in Promoting Traditional African Ethical Values
6 Is Traditional African Ethical Perspective All Perfect?
7 Conclusion
References
Internet Source
Part II: Theories and Approaches to Development Ethics in Africa
Neo-Liberalism and the Ethics of Pan-African Development Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
1 Introduction
2 Ethics of Pan-African Development Governance
3 Pan Africanism and the Endogenisation of African Development
4 Socialism and Ethical Pan African Development Governance
5 From Pan Africanists to Neo-Liberal Oligarchs
6 From Washington Consensus to Post Washington Consensus
7 Neo-Liberalism and the Entrenchment of Corruption, Cronyism and Indebtedness
8 Neo-Liberal Greed and Debt Sustainability in Africa
9 Market Fundamentalism and the Demise of Ubuntu Ethics in African Development
10 Pan African Development Ethics and the Neo-Liberal Tragedy of the Commons
11 Conclusion
References
An Anatomy of Neoliberalism’s Subversion of Development and Democracy in Africa
1 Introduction
2 Conceptualising Neoliberalism
3 Neoliberalism and the Subversion of Democracy
4 Neoliberalism and the Subversion of Development in Africa
5 Conclusion
References
Development Theories and Governance Ideologies Conundrums in Africa: An Observable Disconnects Between Values and Practices
1 Introduction
2 Visualizations of an ‘African Vision’
3 Indigenous African Values in Theories and Ideologies
4 Assessing the Reason for the Disconnect and Failures
5 Recommendations and Conclusion
References
The Moral Dimension of Development in Zimbabwe
1 Introduction
2 Challenges of Development in Zimbabwe
3 Connections Between African Spirituality and Development in Zimbabwe
4 Towards a Moral Dimension to Development in Zimbabwe
4.1 Ethical Judgements of a Good Life
4.2 The Ethos of Good Relationships in Society
4.3 Beacons of What Constitute a Good Society
5 Conclusion
References
Part III: Environment and African Development
African Ethics and Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Achieving the SDGs in Africa
1 Introduction
2 On the Term ‘African Ethics’
3 Sustainable Development Goals
4 The Need for the Recognition and Integration of African Ethics with the Sustainable Development Goals
5 Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
6 Conclusion
References
“Environmental Crisis or Environmental Retaliation”: Reflections on the Nexus Between the Manyika People and the Environment in Post-colonial Zimbabwe
1 Introduction
2 The Manyika People
3 Phenomenological Approach
4 The Manyika People’s Cosmology and How It Sharpens Their Environmental Ethic
5 God/The Supreme Being (Mwari)
6 Ancestors/(Midzimu)
7 A Comparative Analysis of the Manyika and the Western Concept of the Environment
8 How the Traditional Manyika People Revered and Conserved the Environment
9 Totemism as an Environmental Conservation Ethic Among the Traditional Manyika People
10 Environmental Concept of Chadzimira Musango (Wandering in the Forest)
11 The Concept of Sacred Pools and Places as an Environmental Conservation Method
12 The Capitalist Economy and How It Disrupted the Shona People’s Unity with Their Environment
13 The Impact of Colonialism on the Manyika People’s Socio-economic Life
14 Profit Making and Profiteering as the New Approach to Economic Life in the Post-colonial Manyika Society
15 Selfism and Egoism as a New System of Life Among the Manyika People
16 How Colonisation Discouraged Communal Responsibility in Resource Management
17 The Concept of Environmental Retaliation as a Way of Promoting Concern for the Environment
18 Ngozi (Avenging Spirits) and Environmental Retaliation: A Comparison
19 Conclusion
References
Secondary Sources
Part IV: Gender, Ethics and Socio-economic Development in Africa
A Blessing or a Curse: An Exploration of Zimbabwe’s Plight in the Global Village
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework
3 Effects of Political Globalization
4 Effects of Economic Globalization
5 Effects of Socio-cultural Globalization
6 Conclusion
7 Recommendation
References
African Development and Disruptive Innovations: An Ethical Implication of the e-Hailing Services on the Metered Taxi Industry in South Africa
1 Introduction
2 The Metered Taxi Industry in South Africa
3 Disruptive Innovations: e-Hailing Services
4 The Relationship Between Uber and the Metered Taxi in South Africa
5 Can the Disrupter Be Disrupted?
6 Wiredu’s Theory of Consensus as a Way Forward?
7 Conclusion
References
Women’s Rights: A Precursor for African Development
1 Introduction
2 The Concept of Development from an African Women’s Perspective
3 Women’s Right and Development
4 Challenges Faced by Women in Africa Towards the Development of Their Continent
5 Conclusion
References
The Economic Foundation of Racism
1 Introduction
2 How to Know What Causes Racism
3 Economic Contributors
4 Intra-national Economic Disparities by Race
5 Research Findings on Racial Discrimination
6 Analysing All the Data
7 Behavioural Contributors
8 Is Skin Colour the Cause of Racism?
9 Analysis of Findings
10 Development as a Response to Racism
11 Conclusion
References
Part V: Migration and African Development
Medical Brain Drain and Healthcare Delivery in Africa: Beyond Restrictive Migration Policies
1 Introduction
2 Health, Health Workers and Development
3 Health Workers’ Migration and Its Challenges to Health and Development in Africa
4 Medical Brain Drain, Restrictive Migration Policies and the Quest for Justification in Africa
5 Conclusion and Recommendation
References
Part VI: Education and African Development
Epistemic Decolonisation in African Higher Education: Beyond Current Curricular and Pedagogical Reformation
1 Introduction
2 Epistemic Decolonisation as a Moral Problem
3 Curriculum and Pedagogical Strategies of Decolonisation
4 Educating for Intellectual Virtues
5 Implication for Development in Africa
6 Conclusion
References
Educational Challenges to Africa’s Development: The Imperative of Epistemic Decolonisation
1 Introduction
2 The Imperative of Epistemic Decolonisation
3 Development and Indigenous Knowledge
4 Colonial Epistemicide
5 Perennial Eurocentric Knowledge Forms and Development in Africa
6 Decolonisation: A Proposal for the Repudiation of Epistemicide
7 Conclusion
References
Part VII: Politics and African Development
“A Model Without Plenty”? A Critical Assessment of the “Winner Takes All” Concept in Zimbabwean Politics 1980–2021
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Underpinning
3 The Winner- Takes- All Model and Its Problems in Zimbabwe
4 Towards a Coalition Democracy
5 Coalition Democracy as a ‘Magic Wand’ for Zimbabwe
6 Conclusion
References
Zimbabwean Politics and Development: An Ubuntu Perspective
1 Introduction
2 Ubuntu Paradigm in the Context of Post-Coup Zimbabwe
3 Political Conflict and the Problematic Legacy in the Post-Mugabe Era
4 Sanctions an Impediment to the Development or Mere Scapegoating?
5 Ubuntuism in Troubled Politics of Transition
6 Dialoguing in the Spirit of Ubuntu for Development and Nation-Building
7 Reflections
8 Concluding Remarks
References
Integrity, Public Accountability, Ethical and Exemplary Leadership Models as Imperatives for Resolving the Problem of Leadership in Africa
1 Introduction
2 The Problem of Governance and Management of Resources
3 Norms, Values, Ethics, Morality and Ethics: Some Clarifications
4 African Ethical Principles
5 Commonly Theorised Leadership Styles and African Leaders
6 Theorised Leadership Styles as Performance Determinants: Some Perspectives
7 Postulations and Orientations of IPACEEL Models
8 IPACEEL Models: Towards Resolving Leadership Issues
9 Conclusion
References

Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2023

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