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Graf, Friedrich Wilhelm. "Reconciliation priorities for the Church: Some German remarks." Verbum et Ecclesia 26, no. 2 (October 3, 2005): 369–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v26i2.230.

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Reconciliation has been a topic of major importance in both the German and South-African theological and political contexts. Political events involving the Christian Churches in these countries have prompted a renewed consideration of what is understood by the concept. This article examines some aspects of reconciliation in the contexts of Christian ethics and argues that, from a theological and historical perspective, the nature and practice of what was called reconciliatio is thoroughly religious, although what exactly is involved has been perceived differently over the course of Church history. Reference is also made to the New Testament understanding of the concept and in an attempt to actualise the biblical kerugma, several propositions regarding the significance of a religious view of reconciliation in an eschatological context are provided as a conclusion.

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Schwalm, Leslie A. "Surviving Wartime Emancipation: African Americans and the Cost of Civil War." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 39, no. 1 (2011): 21–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2011.00544.x.

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Ask any Civil War historian about the cost of the Civil War and they will recite a host of well-known assessments, from military casualties and government expenditures to various measures of direct and indirect costs. But those numbers are not likely to include an appraisal of the humanitarian crisis and suffering caused by the wartime destruction of slavery. Peace-time emancipation in other regions (the northern U.S., for example) and in other societies (like the British West Indies) certainly presented dangers and difficulties for the formerly enslaved, but wartime emancipation chained the new opportunities and possibilities for freedom to war’s violence, civil chaos, destruction and deprivation. The resulting health crisis, including illness, injury, and trauma, had immediate and lasting consequences for black civilians and soldiers. Although historians are more accustomed to thinking of enslaved people as the beneficiaries of this war, rather than its victims, we cannot assess the cost of this war until we answer two important questions: first, what price did enslaved people have to pay because their freedom was achieved through warfare rather than a peacetime process; and secondly, in this war in which so many Americans paid such a high cost, to what extent did racism inflate the cost paid by people of African descent? In answering these questions, we reconsider this specific war, but we must also tie the U.S. Civil War to a larger scholarship on how wars impact civilians, create refugee populations, and accelerate harsh treatment of people regarded as racial, religious, or ethnic outsiders. We are reminded that war is not an equal-opportunity killer.

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Molefe, Motsamai. "The “Normative” Concept of Personhood in Wiredu’s Moral Philosophy." Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 10, no. 1 (June 3, 2021): 119–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ft.v10i1.8.

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The article explores the place and status of the normative concept of personhood in Kwasi Wiredu’s moral philosophy. It begins by distinguishing an ethic from an ethics, where one involves cultural values and the other strict moral values. It proceeds to argue, by a careful exposition of Wiredu’s moral philosophy, that he locates personhood as an essential aspect of communalism [an ethic], and it specifies culture-specific standards of excellence among traditional African societies. I conclude the article by considering one implication of the conclusion, which is that personhood embodies cultural values of excellence concerning the place and status of partiality in Wiredu’s moral philosophy. Keywords: Afro-communitarianism, agent-centred personhood, Ethic, Ethics, Kwasi Wiredu, Partiality Personhood.

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Kosiewicz, Jerzy. "Scientific Tourism, Aspects, Religious and Ethics Values." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 62, no. 1 (June 1, 2014): 83–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2014-0014.

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Abstract The presented paper focuses primarily on the tourism activities of teaching staff at universities and other research institutions. This applies in particular to travel during which the principal purpose is, inter alia, various exploratory internships, conferences, trips as a guest professor or a visiting professor under the auspices of the Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus programs. These peregrinations require extra effort, not only with regards to teaching and research duties, but also present opportunities to confront, test and evaluate one’s own research results and outlook with new listeners in new locations in different environments. This travel especially applies to the foreign environment, a situation that presents high degrees of professional, scientific and linguistic challenges, resulting in increased contributions and activity to the specific field of science. Regardless of the workload and the difficulties of the discussed travel, such travel can also bring about much personal satisfaction: a) due to a sense of a well done job as a result of meeting expectations of the employer and the host placed on the 'messenger of science' and b) due to the pleasure associated with those tourist experiences having autotelic and pragmatic (instrumental) overtones

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Choge, Emily J. "Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa." Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 30, no. 2 (2010): 207–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jsce201030217.

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Hogan, Linda. "Book Review: Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa." Theological Studies 70, no. 3 (September 2009): 721–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004056390907000326.

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Selgelid, Michael J. "Ethics, Economics, and Aids in Africa." Developing World Bioethics 4, no. 1 (May 2004): 96–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8731.2004.00069.x.

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Cahill, Lisa Sowle. "Toward Global Ethics." Theological Studies 63, no. 2 (May 2002): 324–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004056390206300205.

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[Several earlier essays in this journal have explored questions such as whether it is possible to speak of intercultural dialogue about the common good in an era of globalization, or whether one can even seek a “global ethics.” These questions are more poignant and critical since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The author here argues that a revised concept of the common good can still be useful. She brings to bear on global ethics some aspects of Aquinas's view of practical reason, especially its historical contextuality and its interdependence with moral virtue.]

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Bach Nikolajsen, Jeppe. "Christian Ethics, Lutheran Tradition, and Pluralistic Society." Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 62, no. 3 (September 8, 2020): 295–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2020-0015.

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SummaryIn the Lutheran tradition, the particular aspects of theological ethics have often been overlooked, if not outright denied. Thus, it is not uncommon for Lutheran theologians to emphasize the universal aspects of theological ethics and to downplay its particular aspects, even to the point of arguing that a Christian ethics does not exist. Against this background, the article gives several arguments for drawing Lutheran ethics in a direction that will allow its particular aspects to be more clearly articulated. It also presents certain features of Luther’s ethical position that might foster an understanding of the particular aspects of Lutheran ethics. Building on this, the article points to a contemporary Lutheran position of relevance to a pluralistic society.

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Rossouw, Gedeon Josua. "The ethics of governance and governance of ethics in the King Reports." Journal of Global Responsibility 11, no. 2 (December 12, 2019): 187–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jgr-10-2019-0088.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the prominence and positioning of ethics in the four editions of the King Report on corporate governance for South Africa that were published since 1994. It tells a tale of how certain ethics aspects remained fairly constant over the four editions of the King Report on corporate governance for South Africa (King I in 1994; King II in 2002; King III in 2009; King IV in 2016), whilst other ethics aspects evolved quite substantially over the four editions. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, a conceptual distinction between “Ethics of Governance” and “Governance of Ethics” will be introduced, which will then be used to analyse the ethics dimensions of the four King reports. Findings It will be demonstrated that there is continuity across the four editions of the King Report as far as the Ethics of Governance is concerned. Originality/value With regards to the Governance of Ethics, there has been a quite drastic evolution in both the prominence and positioning of ethics since the publication of the first King Report in 1994.

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Sereda, V. D., and S. L. Bulanov. "PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROTESTANTISM’S ETHICS." Scientific bulletin of the Southern Institute of Management, no. 2 (June 30, 2016): 66–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.31775/2305-3100-2016-2-66-68.

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The main subject of article is research of theological and philosophical aspects of Protestant ethics and a form of her realization in the modern world. There is a communication between religion (including Protestantism) and the main spheres of human life. Ethical doctrine in Protestantism provides specifics of a sociality. Authors give the facts of rather religious organizations in Krasnodar Krai.

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Nikolajsen, Jeppe Bach. "Christian Ethics, Public Debate, and Pluralistic Society." International Journal of Public Theology 14, no. 1 (May 8, 2020): 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341598.

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Abstract In all its diversity, Lutheran ethics places a pronounced emphasis on the universal aspects of theological ethics. This article argues that due to the increasing pluralization of many societies in recent decades, however, it is becoming more and more relevant to develop the particular aspects of theological ethics in the Lutheran tradition. Holding together both the universal and particular aspects of theological ethics constitutes a position of relevance for a pluralistic societal situation. Such a position enables the Christian church to maintain its distinctiveness and, at the same time, to be engaged in dialogue with other positions. In this way, the church will at once stand for a tradition-determined distinctiveness and be engaged in a tradition-transcending dialogue. Consequently, this position is characterized by both distinctiveness and openness.

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Braley, Alison. "Religious Rights and Québec's Ethics and Religious Culture Course." Canadian Journal of Political Science 44, no. 3 (September 2011): 613–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423911000515.

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Abstract.Until very recently, the “orthodox” liberal view had assumed that the right to the profession and practice of one's own religious values encompassed the right to instil particular religious values in one's children. This view has been challenged by sustained analysis of the role of children within liberal theory, given the basic tenet of the equal moral worth of persons. This strand of liberal thought questions the extent to which parental rights to direct children's upbringing can include a right to form children's basic value sets. With this challenge comes a stronger basis from which to also challenge the idea that parents may legitimately oppose certain aspects of the state-mandated curriculum on the basis that such education may impinge on the values they wish to instil in their children. This paper will examine the controversy surrounding Québec's “Ethics and Religious Culture” course within a framework that seeks to put the interest of children first, as well as how the religious rights of parents and children might be understood in this context.Résumé.Naguère, l'opinion libérale voulait que le droit à la pratique et à la profession de sa propre religion et de ses valeurs comprît le droit d'inculquer ces valeurs religieuses à ses enfants. Depuis un certain temps, cette position est remise en question à la lumière d'une analyse soutenue des droits de l'enfant, vu la primauté du tenant de l'égalité morale de tous les individus dans la pensée libérale contemporaine. Selon cette analyse, il n'est pas acquis que le droit du parent de voir à la formation de l'enfant comprenne le droit de lui imposer des valeurs de base particulières. Cette remise en question donne lieu à une réévaluation plus concrète du droit des parents de s'opposer à certains aspects du programme d'études établi par le gouvernement sous prétexte que ceux-ci nuiraient à leur droit d'inculquer des valeurs particulières à leurs enfants. La controverse au sujet du cours d'éthique et de culture religieuse au Québec est revue dans un contexte qui place en priorité le droit de l'enfant. Il est question du rapport entre les droits des parents et ceux des enfants concernant la religion et l'éducation religieuse.

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Mokgatla, Boitumelo, Carel IJsselmuiden, Doug Wassenaar, and Mary Kasule. "Mapping research ethics committees in Africa: Evidence of the growth of ethics review of health research in Africa." Developing World Bioethics 18, no. 4 (May 3, 2017): 341–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12146.

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Im, Seungpil. "The Secular and Religious Aspects of Kant’s Ethics - An Exposition through Kant’s Lectures on Ethics -." Korean Journal of Philosophy 137 (November 30, 2018): 53–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.18694/kjp.2018.11.137.53.

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Olupona, Jacob K. "Religious and Political Ethics in Africa: A Moral Inquiry. Harvey Sindima." Journal of Religion 82, no. 2 (April 2002): 319–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/491085.

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Uys, Leana R. "Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS in South Africa." Nursing Ethics 7, no. 2 (March 2000): 158–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096973300000700209.

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Keeping the diagnosis of a client confidential is one of the cornerstones of professional practice. In the case of a diagnosis such as HIV/AIDS, however, the ethics of this action may be challenged. Such a decision has a range of negative effects, for example, the blaming of others, supporting the denial of the client, and complicating the health education and care of the patient. It is suggested that the four ethical principles should be used to explore the ethics of such decisions, and that professional regulatory bodies and organizations should support professionals in situations where the client’s sexual partner is informed against the wishes of the client.

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Molatoli, H. M. "Teaching health care ethics in physiotherapy education : Proposal for South Africa." South African Journal of Physiotherapy 55, no. 4 (November 30, 1999): 7–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v55i4.574.

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This paper presents views of the role of the physiotherapy profession during the Apartheid era in South Africa. It analyses aspects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission document and finally suggestions are made to prevent similar situations from developing ever again.

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Kim, Dae Yoong. "An Understanding of African Society through Study of Religious Ethics in Africa." Journal of Korean Evangelical Missiological Society 47 (September 30, 2019): 45–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.20326/kems.47.3.45.

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Rashi, Tsuriel. "Jewish Ethics Regarding Vaccination." Public Health Ethics 13, no. 2 (July 1, 2020): 215–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/phe/phaa022.

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Abstract In recent years, more and more religious communities have been refusing to vaccinate their children, and in so doing are allowing diseases to spread. These communities justify resistance to vaccination on various religious grounds and make common cause with nonreligious communities who oppose vaccination for their own reasons. Today this situation is reflected primarily in the spread of measles, and vaccine hesitancy was identified by the World Health Organization as 1 of the top 10 global health threats of 2019. The present article presents the religious and ethical arguments for the obligation within Jewish tradition to vaccinate all children. Apart from the obligation on parents to vaccinate their own children, it includes the ethical arguments based on Judaism that call for parents to become organized and force schools to refuse to accept children who have not been vaccinated and demand vaccination of those who have not been inoculated.

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Schneider, Rachel C. "WHITE URBAN IMMERSION, INTERSUBJECTIVITY, AND AN ETHICS OF CARE IN SOUTH AFRICA." Journal of Religious Ethics 48, no. 4 (December 2020): 620–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jore.12331.

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Johnston Taylor, Elizabeth, and Mark F. Carr. "Nursing Ethics in the Seventh-Day Adventist Religious Tradition." Nursing Ethics 16, no. 6 (November 2009): 707–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733009343135.

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Nurses’ religious beliefs influence their motivations and perspectives, including their practice of ethics in nursing care. When the impact of these beliefs is not recognized, great potential for unethical nursing care exists. Thus, this article examines how the theology of one religious tradition, Seventh-day Adventism (SDA), could affect nurses. An overview of SDA history and beliefs is presented, which explains why ‘medical missionary’ work is central to SDAs. Theological foundations that would permeate an SDA nurse’s view of the nursing metaparadigm concepts of person, health, environment (i.e. community), and nursing (i.e. service) are presented. The ethical principles guiding SDA nurses (i.e. principled, case-based, and care ethics) and the implications of these theological foundations for nurses are noted in a case study.

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Zadroga, Adam. "Professional Ethics of Social Entrepreneurs: The Perspective of Christian Personalist Ethics." Verbum Vitae 39, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 495–513. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/vv.11462.

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The aim of the article is to indicate and describe the normative assumptions of the professional ethics of social entrepreneurs. The innovative nature of the proposed concept consists in taking into consideration the perspective of Christian personalist ethics. It is a theory of morality which includes considerations for the biblical and theological view of man, emphasizing above all their personal dignity. Referring to the principal axioms of this ethical doctrine allows for a presentation of a proposal of ethical principles and moral virtues – adequate to the mission, tasks, and vocation of social entrepreneurs. The article discusses the following issues: the essence of Christian personalist ethics, the mission and tasks of social entrepreneurs, the motivation and vocation of social entrepreneurs, ethical aspects of leadership in social enterprises, as well as the ethical principles and moral virtues of social entrepreneurs. A methodology characteristic of normative philosophical ethics and moral theology was applied. The results of the analysis of the methodically selected literature on the subject were processed by means of conceptual work, which allowed us to describe the professional ethics of social entrepreneurs from the point of view of Christian personalist ethics. Christian personalist ethics makes a valuable and original contribution to the description of the normative determinants of social entrepreneurship. The analysis of the mission and tasks of social entrepreneurs shows that they create social structures and processes that affirm the dignity of marginalized people and restore their capacity to participate in social and economic life.

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Curran, Charles E. "How Does Christian Ethics Use Its Unique and Distinctive Christian Aspects?" Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 31, no. 2 (2011): 23–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jsce20113123.

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Hale, F. "A Catholic voice against British imperialism: F C Kolbe's opposition to the Second Anglo-Boer War." Religion and Theology 4, no. 1-3 (1997): 94–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157430197x00076.

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AbstractMany aspects of the remarkable career of the intellectually inclined Roman Catholic priest FC Kolbe of Cape Town have been documented, but little has been published about his opposition to British imperialism during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Particularly in his capacity as the founding editor of the South African Catholic Magazine he sought to influence popular opinion both before and after the eruption of hostilities in October 1899. The present article focuses on the expression of his position in that journal and compares Kolbe's stance with those taken by the editors of certain other religious periodicals and the secular press in the Cape. Also considered is Kolbe's involvement in the editing of Albert Cartwright's anti-war newspaper The South African News, especially his opposition to martial law. The secular reasons for Kolbe's objections to the war are evident; the theological, meta-ethical underpinnings are only obliquely implied in his discourses.

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van Rensburg, André J., and Dingie J. van Rensburg. "Nurses, industrial action and ethics." Nursing Ethics 20, no. 7 (March 1, 2013): 819–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733012473771.

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Several important ethical dilemmas emerge when nurses join a public-sector strike. Such industrial action is commonplace in South Africa and was most notably illustrated by a national wage negotiation in 2010. Media coverage of the proceedings suggested unethical behaviour on the part of nurses, and further exploration is merited. Laws, policies and provisional codes are meant to guide nurses’ behaviour during industrial action, while ethical theories can be used to further illuminate the role of nurses in industrial action. There are, however, important aspects to consider before judging whether nurses act unethically when striking. Following Loewy’s suggestion that the nature of the work, the proceeding commitment of the nurse to the patient, the prevailing situation when the strike is planned and the person(s) who stand(s) to benefit from the strike be considered, coupled with a consideration of the South African historical socio-political context, important aspects of the ethics of nurses’ behaviour in industrial action transpire.

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Seth, Misago, and Fredy Saguti. "Animal Research Ethics in Africa: Is Tanzania Making Progress?" Developing World Bioethics 13, no. 3 (September 24, 2012): 158–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12001.

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EFFA, PIERRE, ACHILLE MASSOUGBODJI, FRANCINE NTOUMI, FRANÇOIS HIRSCH, HENRI DEBOIS, MARISSA VICARI, ASSETOU DERME, et al. "ETHICS COMMITTEES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA: CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS." Developing World Bioethics 7, no. 3 (December 2007): 136–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dewb_172.x.

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Chuks, Madukasi, Francis. "Ozo Title: An Indigenous Institution In Traditional Religion That Upholds Patriarchy In Igbo Land South-Eastern Nigeria." International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention 5, no. 5 (May 3, 2018): 4640–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsshi/v5i5.02.

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In Igbo land, the institution of Ozo title has underpinnings of male chauvinism and often used by men to remind those who appear to be very forward of their subordinate place in the society. Among the Igbo people, the Ozo title is an indigenous institution that is regarded as a central aspect of African indigenous religious practice through which they engage questions about the meaning for life. Through an ethnographic study conducted in recent years, I propose to explore the origin of the Ozo title and the symbolic significance of this indigenous sacred institution with specific reference to its religious, cultural, political, ethical and social significance, a method by which the indigenous communities keeps in constant religious communication with their deities and ancestors. However, I propose to not only examine the various ways in which Ozo title as a sacred institution has been used by their initiates to mediate religious beliefs and practices in African religion, but to specifically focus on its members as agents or ambassadors of different communities. Through an evaluation of significant Igbo religious practices involving Ozo title as a sacred institution performed by initiated men only which upholds patriarchy, I wish to suggest that the Ozo title as a sacred institution has two significant and related functions. The first one is that it enables the initiates to bridge the gap between the visible and unseen world of the ancestors and thus making possible an Igbo understanding of those forces that are believed to control the destinies of man. Secondly, Ozo title as a sacred institution of the Igbo is believed to uphold and sustain the Igbo religious system, and a complex of traditional religious rituals which uphold the privileges of those men who have been initiated into the ancestral cult. This paper point to particular understandings of Ozo title as integral to African religion, and proposes to illustrate this through an examination of Traditional Igbo Religion through the mediation of Ozo title as a sacred institution as part of the broader socio-sacral order.

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van den Toren, Dr Benno. "Teaching Ethics in the Face of Africa’s Moral Crisis: Reflections from a Guest." Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 30, no. 1 (January 2013): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265378812468405.

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Though the Christian faith has in recent years increasingly shown itself to be a truly African religion, a variety of African authors such as Kä Mana, George Kinoti, Hannah Kinoti, August Shutte and Efoé Julien Penoukou have noted that sub-Saharan Africa is facing a moral crisis. This article explores this crisis in as far as it is caused by difficulties in the reception of the (Western) Christian ethic by African Christian communities. It points out that this crisis is visible in (a) double morality, (b) immorality and (c) legalism. It shows that it is both caused by rapid social change in contemporary Africa and by the way the Christian ethic was introduced with a lack of attention for (a) the relationship between worldview and ethics, (b) the social impact of changing cultural practices and (c) the importance of virtue ethics. In this way it also points to the shape Christian moral education for present-day Africa should take.

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Saburova, Vera I. "Issues of Ethics in Prenatal Diagnostics." Studies in Christian Ethics 24, no. 4 (November 2011): 470–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0953946811415016.

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Aspects of the current practice of prenatal diagnostics in Russia are surveyed. In the light of this, various ethical concerns are highlighted: (1) the requirement of parental informed consent to testing is not always sufficiently respected either in state regulation or in the practice of physicians; (2) not all Russian physicians are aware of international guidelines or standards of good practice in areas such as non-directive counselling, patient confidentiality with respect to genetic information and the patient’s right to maintain control over his or her information; (3) abortion is viewed increasingly as an aspect of preventive medicine.

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Nimmo, Paul T. "The orders of creation in the theological ethics of Karl Barth." Scottish Journal of Theology 60, no. 1 (January 25, 2007): 24–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0036930606002626.

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It is widely known that early on in his teaching career Karl Barth advanced a concept of the ‘orders of creation’, but that he retracted that concept in his later work in reaction to the tragic use that had been made of it by the National Socialist movement in Germany. However, two aspects of this movement remain relatively unexplored: first, the underlying material continuity between Barth's early ethics and his later ethics that this movement occludes; and second, the significant methodological shift in Barth's theology which this movement attests. This article explores both these aspects of Barth's theological development through his treatment of the ‘orders of creation’.

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Hazyr-Ogly, T. "Religious education in high school: political decision and ways of implementation." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 36 (October 25, 2005): 126–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2005.36.1633.

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The issue of the Ministry of Education's introduction into the school curriculum of the Ethics of Faith course is very complex, acute and has many contradictions. We will try to address only some aspects of this problem. The call of the President of Ukraine to teach "Ethics of Faith" in secondary schools faces two major problems.

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Laleye, Solomon Akinyemi. "The Imperative of the Ethics of Complementarity in the Quest for Africa’ Development." Journal of Sustainable Development 11, no. 3 (May 30, 2018): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v11n3p251.

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The Externalists and Internalists interrogated the crisis of development in Africa and have suggested solutions. In response to the challenge, successive governments have adopted theories, initiated policies and strategies to remedy the situation. In spite of these efforts, the attainment of a commendable stage of development has eluded majority of African nations, this is largely because the conception of development is erroneously predicated on the monistic neglecting the dualistic aspects of development. This paper, does not only correct this misconception it also philosophically explore how Africa can overcome contemporary and future sustainable development challenges, by articulating sustainable development paradigm appropriate for the continent. The paper argued for the necessity of a complement involving the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the dualistic conception rather than a straight jacketed approach that focuses more on the quantitative aspect in the quest for development. The paper employs the analytic and prescriptive approaches of philosophical inquiry.

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Veatch, Robert M. "Hippocratic, religious, and secular ethics: The points of conflict." Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 33, no. 1 (January 12, 2012): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11017-011-9203-z.

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Osawa, Toshiro. "Kant’s Debt to Baumgarten in His Religious (Un‐)Grounding of Ethics." Kant Yearbook 10, no. 1 (October 4, 2018): 105–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/kantyb-2018-0006.

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AbstractAlexander Gottlieb Baumgarten’s ethics had a significant influence on the formation of Kant’s ethics. The extent of this influence, however, has not been sufficiently investigated by existing Kant scholarship. Filling this gap, this paper aims to reveal Baumgarten’s substantial influence on the formation of Kant’s ethics, particularly the complex ways in which Kant’s ethics retains the concept of God as crucial for ensuring that his ethics persist under the scrutiny of reason. In a systematic comparison of the ethics of the two philosophers, I argue that Kant alters and yet accommodates several aspects of Baumgarten’s ethics in his own version of the system of ethics more thoroughly than has previously been perceived. More specifically, I argue, first, that Kant’s rejection of Baumgarten’s conception of “duties towards God” and his alternative notion that duties are recognized as if they were divine commands unveil his criticism of Baumgarten’s conception of how religion is situated in ethics. Second, I argue that Kant’s argument for the extension of pure reason for practical purposes discloses his critical response to Baumgarten’s optimistic assumption about the entirety of pure reason.

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Brummett, Abram. "The Quasi-religious Nature of Clinical Ethics Consultation." HEC Forum 32, no. 3 (January 3, 2020): 199–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10730-019-09393-5.

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Petersen, Carsten Elmelund. "Sort etik med transkontekstuel inspiration." Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift 76, no. 3 (May 21, 2018): 21–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/dtt.v76i3.105679.

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Allan Boesak developed a black liberation theology in SouthAfrica in the time of apartheid. He was studying the thinking of four afro-americans in USA, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Albert Cleage,and James Cone. Boesak does not argue that his ethics is universal, becausethe validity of his black ethics is only in the contexts where thereis oppression. Black ethics is contextual, Boesak says. But this articleargues that according to Boesak, ethics has validity in all the contextswhere there is oppression. The liberation ethic is, therefore, transcontextual.Another foundational element in Boesaks ethics is “the Black”:It is the black consciousness that gives black people a sense of belongingwhen they are oppressed. The Black consciousness is transcontextual.He uses the inspiration from USA, which is his original context, intothe South Africa apartheid situation, the application context.

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Behrens, Kevin Gary, and Robyn Fellingham. "Great Expectations: Teaching Ethics to Medical Students in South Africa." Developing World Bioethics 14, no. 3 (February 15, 2013): 142–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12017.

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Jilek-Aall, Louise. "Morbus Sacer in Africa: Some Religious Aspects of Epilepsy in Traditional Cultures." Epilepsia 40, no. 3 (March 1999): 382–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00723.x.

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Benari, Gili. "Teaching Ethics in Religious or Cultural Conflict Situations: a Personal Perspective." Nursing Ethics 16, no. 4 (June 15, 2009): 429–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733009104607.

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This article portrays the unique aspects of ethics education in a multicultural, multireligious and conflict-based atmosphere among Jewish and Arab nursing students in Jerusalem, Israel. It discusses the principles and the methods used for rising above this tension and dealing with this complicated situation, based on Yoder's `bridging' method. An example is used of Jewish and Arab students together implementing two projects in 2008, when the faculty decided to co-operate with communities in East Jerusalem, the Arab side of the city. The students took it upon themselves to chaperon the teachers who came to watch them at work, translate, and facilitate interaction with a guarded and suspicious community. This approach could also be relevant to less extreme conditions in any inter-religious environment when trying to produce graduates with a strong ethical awareness.

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Brännström, Inger. "Publishing ethics in paediatric research: A cross-cultural comparative review." Nursing Ethics 19, no. 2 (March 2012): 268–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733011419242.

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The present article aims to scrutinize publishing ethics in the fields of paediatrics and paediatric nursing. Full-text readings of all original research articles in paediatrics from a high-income economy, i.e. Sweden, and from all low-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, were reviewed as they were indexed and stored in Web of Science for the search period from 1 January 2007 to 7 October 2009. The application of quantitative and qualitative content analysis revealed a marked discrepancy in publishing frequencies between the two contrasting economies. Authors from 16 low-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, with at least one article stored, were obviously closely linked to co-authorships and foreign funding sources, predominantly from Europe and the USA. Statements concerning conflicts of interest were frequently missing (both regions), even when multiple financial sources, including companies, were involved. It is necessary to be aware of possible systematic bias when using electronic databases to search for certain topics and regions. Further research regarding publishing ethics in paediatrics and paediatric nursing is emphasized.

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Kopelman, Loretta M., and Anton A. van Niekerk. "AIDS and Africa." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 27, no. 2 (April 1, 2002): 139–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/jmep.27.2.139.2991.

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O'Connell, Laurence J. "Religious perspectives and the work of the ethics committee." HEC Forum 7, no. 4 (July 1995): 205–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01463333.

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Stinton, Diane. "Jesus—Immanuel, Image of the Invisible God: Aspects of Popular Christology in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Reformed Theology 1, no. 1 (2007): 6–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156973107x182613.

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Widespread evidence indicates that Jesus Christ holds a most prominent place in popular cultures across Africa south of the Sahara. In the present article, empirical data generated through qualitative research in Kenya, Ghana, and Uganda serve to illustrate similar phenomena attested across the continent. Initial description and subsequent theological analysis highlight two central aspects of these Christologies: Jesus as Immanuel—God with us—in Africa, and Jesus as the "image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15). Following a summary overview of Christological images in Africa, conclusions point out their significance to contemporary Christianity, particularly regarding the intrinsic relation between popular and academic theologies.

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Kyrylenko, S., and O. Komanyeva. "The Problematic Aspects of Creating an Ethics of Faith Training Course." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 36 (October 25, 2005): 229–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2005.36.1681.

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One of the guaranteed state-controlled rights is the right to education. In independent Ukraine, the right to choose an educational institution, depending on the parents' financial capacities, their vision of the child's future employment and his or her abilities, is legally justified. The content of education, in addition to the compulsory, standardized component to be provided by public schools, includes the optional optional component. As an educational subject to teach students proper behavior, from September 1, grades 5-6 have introduced the compulsory non-religious subject Ethics, much of which is covered by secular etiquette.

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Vasylieva, Iryna V., Kateryna O. Hololobova, Ruslan S. Tsymbaliuk, Olha V. Nechushkina, Viacheslav V. Kobrzhytskyi, Serhii V. Kiriienko, and Anna V. Laputko. "ARTIFICIAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY IN UKRAINE: BIOETHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS." Wiadomości Lekarskie 74, no. 3 (2021): 731–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.36740/wlek202103231.

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The aim: Is to study the levels of influence of the Christian spiritual tradition on the attitude of medical students to abortion, which necessitated a comparative analysis of Christian ethics and the main approaches of secular bioethics regarding artificial termination of pregnancy; analysis of the results of sociological research taking into account the peculiarities of religious self-identification of medical students. Materials and methods: The complex nature of the studied issue necessitated the application of interdisciplinary approaches, philosophical, general scientific and special sociological methods of collecting, processing and analyzing information. Certain differences between Christian moral guidelines and attitudes towards artificial termination of pregnancy were found in a questionnaire study conducted by a sociological group of the Bogomolets National Medical University (hereinafter – NMU) in 2020. The object of the study were first and sixth year students and postgraduate students of NMU (N = 375). Results: Based on a comparative analysis of the evaluative judgments of three groups of respondents (1 group – those who identified themselves as Christians; 2 group – those who are uncertain with their attitude towards religion; 3 group – those who consider themselves non-believers) regarding artificial termination of pregnancy, it was found that the attitude of medical students-believers towards this problem differs from the more liberal approaches of the respondents of the second and third groups, and, at the same time, has significant differences with Christian moral guidelines on this issue. Conclusions: A comparative analysis of the main approaches of secular bioethics and Christian ethics to the issue of artificial termination of pregnancy allows us to conclude that the Christian position is distinguished by the recognition of sacredness, inviolability of human life, inalienable dignity and value of human being from conception to the natural end of life. This determines the special importance of the Christian spiritual tradition in overcoming the manifestations of abortive mentality in contemporary Ukrainian society.

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Kucharska, Anna Maria. "Protestant Ethics in Academia." Journal of Education Culture and Society 5, no. 2 (January 5, 2020): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.15503/jecs20142.7.18.

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Academic ethics has recently become an important issue in Poland. With changes in the Polish law on higher education a new approach to ethics of students and academics has been presented. As a PhD student and young researcher, I am personally interested in the introduced changes. This article seeks to examine professional academic ethics in terms of two chosen theories, that is, the Protestant work ethic of Max Weber and its adaptation to the academic environment by Robert K. Merton. I situate both theories in the Polish context of shaping the academic ethos. In my deliberations I recall Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s works as fundamental for the Protestant work ethos values, which are honesty, reliability and diligence. Additionally I present their religious as well as non religious aspects. With such theoretical foundations, I attempt to evaluate the risks and violations in the ranks of Polish academics. The theoretical basis and the collected data enable me to put forward the claim that it is not feasible in Poland to follow the Western model of work ethics. Instead, it has to be built from scratch. To start this process, we need to consider the value of responsibility as a crucial category not only for the process of academic ethos formation, but also for everyday life from the early years.

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Snyman, Gerrie F. "Hermeneutics, Contexts, Identity: a Critical Discussion of the Bible in Africa." Religion and Theology 10, no. 3-4 (2003): 378–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157430103x00123.

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AbstractThis article provides a critical discussion of some aspects in The Bible in Africa: Transactions, Trajectories, and Trends (West & Dube 2000). The book gives its intended Western reader the opportunity to see (an etic view) how others perceive the Western cultural context. The discussion focuses on the following aspects: (a) The role and possibilities of critical scholarship; (b) The possibility to find a common (for those living in the West and inAfrica) reading context in the light of Cancun and the new 'Empire (c) A model for deconstructing colonial Bible interpretation over against (d) a model of connectivity between the Bible and Africa in terms of resonance and continuity; (e) The essential role missionaries played in Bible translations; and (f) a reflection on some hermeneutical considerations in reading the Bible in Africa.

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Okoye, James C. "Inculturation and Theology in Africa." Mission Studies 14, no. 1 (1997): 64–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157338397x00068.

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AbstractIn this article James C. Okoye first speaks about inculturation as the mutual transformation of culture and understandings of the gospel. He then outlines some aspects of the inculturation process as it has been employed in Africa in the last four decades.. In a brief historical overview, Okoye speaks of three stages of inculturation in Africa: the stage of indigenization and adaptation, the stage of inculturation and liberation and the stage of contextualization. The rest of the article is devoted to outlining inculturation efforts in two crucial areas for African theology: salvation and christology. Salvation for Africans is more physical and ecclesial than spiritual and individualistic. A plurality of christological approaches exist in African and perhaps can be characterized as comparative, as systematic, as formed by the theology of liberation, and as arising from communal experience. Professor Okoye concludes with a brief overview of the Kairos Document from South Africa.

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