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Ethics and the non-physical self in Ndorobo world view
African sociological review • 13 (1) • Published In 2009 • Pages: 26-37
By: Ashdown, Shelly.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines ethics in regard to the "self," and the effect of ethics on the welfare and moral state of the community. It is suggested that certain elements of "self" (personality, character, honesty, desire, etc.) are sources for moral behavior, and that social customary law forms the basis for duty.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethics
- Social personality
- Spirits and gods
- Life and death
- Social relationships and groups
- Ethnopsychology
- Visiting and hospitality
- Ethos
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okiek
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Mau Escarpment, Rift Valley province, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shelly Ashdown
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 37)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 97031124
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Okiek (African people)
- Dorobo (African people)