Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt

A Study in Classical African Ethics

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This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt. It seeks to present Maat in the language of modern moral discourse while at the same time preserving and building on its distinctiveness as a moral ideal capable of inspiring and maintaining ethical philosophic reflection. The effort here is one of both interpretation and transmission of an ethical tradition, a project in which tradition is seen not simply as a precondition and process in which one comes, but also as an ongoing product of one's efforts to understand it. Locating himself within the tradition, the author seeks to test the conceptual elasticity of its major categories and contentions and to establish its capacity for critical moral discourse.

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ISBN13:9780415649803
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:480
Uitgever:Taylor & Francis Ltd

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Preface Introduction 1. The Maatian Ideal: A Conceptual Framework 2. The Maatian Ideal: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom 3. The Maatian Ideal: From the New Kingdom to the Late Period 4. The Declarations of Innocence: Text and Moral Theology 5. Maatian Ontology 6. Maatian Anthropology 7. Maatian Social Pratice - I 8. Maatian Social Practice- II 9. Summary

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