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study, to embrace virtuous living a
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1.3 Comparative analysis of “enha
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SUMMARYThe structure of this study
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INTRODUCTIONMoral Formation and the
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My father often warned me to watch
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Even now, some Euro-Western “forc
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economically degenerate country in
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of a moral collapse seem to intensi
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(Christ) has the power to withstand
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Wisdom theology is also known as sa
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“primitive” and “traditional
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e missing. It is therefore entitled
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CHAPTER 1A Contextual Analysis: the
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Helm, in defining “renaissance”
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The spirit of the Italian Renaissan
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Lee goes on to describe the view of
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theoretical and practical knowledge
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the humanist concepts dominated the
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matters social and political from G
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your nature. We have set you at the
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think of himself as a humanist. He
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aspirations, and longings of the hu
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1.1.1.4 Political organizationThere
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1961:22-23; Burke 1987:214; Waley 1
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made it difficult to maintain a dis
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disasters, secular authorities join
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These views on moral deterioration
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factional conflict. Some of his los
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Phillips concludes:Erasmus’ impor
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esult, France produced some renowne
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(iii)(iv)There was a general lack o
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sponsored by Prince Henry the Navig
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with the revival of the African con
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As there is an international feelin
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1.2.3 The striving for political se
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achieved if Africans rediscover who
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The goal for the unification of Afr
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Makgoba reiterated some of the bene
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Mbeki has often alluded to the impo
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ooks, including “Native Life in S
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Mbeki takes further the struggle of
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Since the end of colonialism, Afric
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1.2.6.1 HIV/AIDS as complex moral c
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evil of racism. These tragedies led
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I have noted elsewhere that HIV/AID
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the highest infection rate, and yet
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wait-and-see scenario. A study done
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poverty, control diseases, and redu
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African leaders should find other w
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1.2.6.5 DiseasesApart from HIV/AIDS
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HIV is transmitted, and we need the
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Most educated Africans from mission
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However, multiple factors contribut
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universally applicable, for theorie
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nation is under the threat of famin
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een realised. The epoch for the ove
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1.3 Comparative analysis of “enha
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Renaissance are focusing on the imp
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There is also a possibility that mo
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1.3.5 The paradox of warsWe have no
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successes come after the devastatin
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Barney Pityana and Lesiba Teffo hav
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challenges (1995: 1-13) and Katongo
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CHAPTER TWOA Philosophical Analysis
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(i)(ii)Moral law requires that genu
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2.1.2 Utilitarianism ethical theory
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(iv)sense of a person’s conceptio
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work of Maria Antonaccio, who revie
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This is to say that there is, in my
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Thirdly, Murdoch affirmed “a refl
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Murdoch’s moral thought remained
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In their presentation is vested the
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The pursuit of human flourishing re
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family, city-state or political str
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The church as an earthly institutio
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a pain-avoider within the broader c
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1981:108, 190 -191). Without tradit
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isolating the innocent from the cro
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(b) However, the freedom to choose
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shallow roots in Marx, deeper roots
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moral utterances as such, and that
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end for the “self” in pursuit o
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“purport to be restricting themse
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Moral contributions were based on h
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to say what law ordained by God and
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Nonetheless, as expected, their (th
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this is in place, then what MacInty
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Greek conceptualisation of virtue c
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(iv)(v)virtues do not turn into a n
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Virtues, as the ancients presented
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From Pincoffs’ clarification a ne
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service. Duty-for-duty’s-sake ser
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That maintained sense of rationalit
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two extremes. Aristotle’s “doct
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former suggests that the moral agen
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specific need or deservingness, and
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3.1.2.4 The virtue of wisdomAristot
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is noted that emotions such as ange
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in order to illustrate his point. F
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theological virtue)” McDermott 19
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We could uncomfortably say that tho
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cognitively perceived as from God a
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moving towards God. But the same ap
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community character and hope. This
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standards of moral expectation. As
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esourcefulness, prudence, energy, s
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3.2.3 Code of conduct from the Sout
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with regard to reward or punishment
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the moral outlook of the community
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available wisdom resources provided
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learned who offered tutorials to ro
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this trend and find out whether it
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on “human flourishing”, a conce
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and was reserved for very few peopl
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goodness is, but rather to concentr
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The Stoics believed in God. They
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My son, fear the Lord and the kinga
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The post-exilic period produced yet
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While procedural ethics may be evid
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unique mode of communication in the
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perception, that it enables him to
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3.3.1.2.2 The personification of wi
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God. Unfortunately, it is one of th
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The most important of the leaders w
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faithfulness, to him and to King Da
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world?” The answer given then is
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point to moral reflective import th
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In a popular proverb, we learn how
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I shall employ two important points
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proverbs are collected and committe
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This term resembles a term used to
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proverbs that demonstrate this refl
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Mbiti has skilfully offered a list
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Guoko kwa Ngai gutieraga (Gikuyu -
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Mbiti goes on to explain that Afric
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Let us now reflect on some examples
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Interpretive note: A leader is ackn
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influence on the community once the
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All three traditions practise ritua
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It was unnecessary for Jesus to ada
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Christology as it relates to his
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carefully crafted speeches which dr
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applies to the Greeks. Winter concl
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“Being saved”, which is a daily
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loses its dynamic and renewing forc
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or “wisdom” (cf Birch and Rasmu
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