Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics

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*Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics* is a scholarly work by Maulana Karenga that analyzes the ancient Egyptian concept of Maat as a foundational system of African moral and philosophical thought.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
scholarly work ⓘ
analyzes Maat as a comprehensive ethical system ⓘ
Maat as a moral ideal ⓘ
arguesThat Maat is a classical African ethical tradition ⓘ
Maat provides a framework for contemporary African ethics ⓘ
author Maulana Karenga ⓘ
contributesTo discourse on non-Western moral philosophies ⓘ
reconstruction of African ethical traditions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discipline Africana studies ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
examines foundations of African moral thought ⓘ
philosophical dimensions of Maat ⓘ
social and political implications of Maat ⓘ
focusesOn African-centered philosophy ⓘ
ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
ethical theory ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
intendedAudience researchers in African philosophy ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
students ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African philosophy ⓘ
Maat ⓘ
ancient Egyptian ethics ⓘ
classical African ethics ⓘ
placesInContext ancient Egyptian moral texts ⓘ
classical African civilizations ⓘ
relatesTo concept of justice in ancient Egypt ⓘ
concept of truth in ancient Egypt ⓘ
cosmic order in ancient Egyptian thought ⓘ
virtue ethics ⓘ
seeksTo articulate an African-centered moral discourse ⓘ
recover African classical ethical heritage ⓘ
seesMaatAs foundation for personal and social ethics ⓘ
standard of rightness and righteousness ⓘ
theoreticalApproach Africentric methodology ⓘ
historical-philosophical analysis ⓘ
normative ethics ⓘ
usedIn African American studies ⓘ
philosophy of religion courses ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ

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Maulana Karenga → notableWork → Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics ⓘ
Ronald McKinley Everett → notableWork → Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics → arguesThat → Maat is a classical African ethical tradition ⓘ
linked to: Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics → arguesThat → Maat provides a framework for contemporary African ethics ⓘ
linked to: Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics