Exploring the potential of an Ubuntu-based political philosophy

<p>Political philosophy is rooted in moral philosophy where prescriptions of right action for the</p><p>individual are amplified to prescriptions of right action for state and in standard political philosophy</p><p>the ethical base is typically provided by Kantianism or Utilitarianism(Metz 2009 p. 335). This</p><p>chapter aims to describe and defend a theory of right action implicit in ubuntu with the intention</p><p>that this can be used as the premise for an African political philosophy - the task of subsequent</p><p>chapters. In describing an ubuntu ethic the aim is not to uncover the 'most true' account of ubuntu</p>