Community in African Moral-Political Philosophy

In Niall Bond (ed.), The Concept of Community from a Global Perspective. Brill. pp. 313-332 (2024)
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Abstract

I critically discuss respects in which conceptions of community have featured in African moral-political philosophy over the past 40 years or so. Some of the discussion is in the vein of intellectual history, recounting key theoretical moves for those unfamiliar with the field. However, my discussion is also opinionated, noting prima facie weaknesses with certain positions and presenting others as more promising, particularly relative to prominent Western competitors. There are a variety of forms that African communitarianism has taken and could take in respect of moral status, good character, and just policy, and my aims include arguing that some are more plausible than others and should give more individualist thinkers in Euro-American traditions pause.

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Thaddeus Metz
Cornell University (PhD)

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