Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt
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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

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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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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
ISBN
9781135937669
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Middle Eastern History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter 1: The Maatian Ideal: A Conceptual Framework
  9. Chapter 2: The Maatian Ideal: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom
  10. Chapter 3: The Maatian Ideal: From the New Kingdom to the Late Period
  11. Chapter 4: Maatian Theology: The Declarations of Innocence
  12. Chapter 5: Maatian Ontology
  13. Chapter 6: Maatian Anthropology
  14. Chapter 7: The Way of Worthiness
  15. Chapter 8: Worthiness Before People
  16. Chapter 9: Worthiness Before Nature
  17. Chapter 10: Conclusion
  18. Abbreviations
  19. References
  20. Index