Ubuntu and corruption :ethical reflections on nepotism in the South African context

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dc.contributor.authorMsibi, Mzikayise John
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-07T10:54:33Z
dc.date.available2020-09-07T10:54:33Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionResearch report submitted to the University of Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (MA) in Applied Ethics, 2019en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this research is to reflect on the problem of corruption (nepotism) in the public sector using African moral thought. I will specifically be investigating the relationship between the moral theory of ubuntu and nepotism. This research will use Thaddeus Metz’s interpretation of ubuntu as a moral theory that prizes certain social relationships as intrinsically valuable, to pursue the moral status of nepotism. In the dominant legal and moral discourse, nepotism is considered to be obviously immoral, and as an instance of corruption. In this research, I will be exploring the relationship between ubuntu and nepotism, I will be specifically considering whether nepotism is immoral, and counts as an instance of corruption in African moral thought. In the final analysis, I seek to extend the conversation about partiality in moral philosophy to consider whether nepotism is a plausible or acceptable form of partiality. I will conclude by noting that Ubuntu considers nepotism to be a wrong form of partiality, which can be characterized as an instance of corruption.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXN2020en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (vi, 42 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationMsibi, Mzikayise John. (2019). Ubuntu and corruption: ethical reflections on nepotism in the South African context. University of the Witwatersrand, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29515
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/29515
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Social Sciencesen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshEthics--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshNepotism
dc.titleUbuntu and corruption :ethical reflections on nepotism in the South African contexten_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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