African Approach to Population Ethics

Beatrice Okyere-Manu is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is the Programme Director for Applied Ethics. Her research interests include development ethics, which encompass the following areas: ethical issues affecting African women, Indigenous knowledge in African culture, African environmental ethics, population and migration ethics, and the ethics of technology.     Peter Mwikipeni is a Lecturer in Ethics and Philosophy at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He teaches African philosophy, African ethics, and applied ethics. He holds a Ph.D. in Moral and Political Philosophy from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Part 1: Foundations of African Population Ethics.- 1. Introduction: Giving a Voice to African Ethics and Views in the Discourse on Population Ethics.- 2. African Ethics and Population Issues.- 3. Rethinking Traditional Akan Proverbs on Fertility in the Context of Modern Population Challenges.- Part 2. Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives.- 4. Meaning of Life and Population Issues from an African Perspective.- 5. Tension between Procreation as a Duty and Individual Right in African Population Ethics.- 6. Rethinking Procreation in the Era of Climate Crisis: An Ethico-Cultural Critique.- Part 3. Challenges and Implications.- 7. Necroeconomic Population Policy, Racialised Capitalist World and the Surplus Population of Disposable Beings.- 8. Rethinking Population Ethics and Environmental Sustainability through African Communitarian Thought.- 9. Population Ethics and the Environment: Addressing the Impact of Global Warming for the Well-being of African Peoples.- 10. Population Boom versus Scarcity of Resources in Malawi: An African Historical-Ethical Critique.- Part 4.-  Case Studies and Contemporary Issues.- 11. An ethical exploration of young people’s perception of human population growth in contemporary South Africa.- 12. Global Capitalism, Overpopulation in Africa, and African Population Ethics  .- 13. Xenophobia and Migration in South Africa: An Afro-Communitarian Approach to Population Ethics.