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001 2009025185
003 DLC
005 20100219080507.0
008 090622s2009 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009025185
020 $a9780739136386 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780739136409 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBJ1533.E82$bW37 2009
082 00 $a179/.9$222
100 1 $aWariboko, Nimi,$d1962-
245 14 $aThe principle of excellence :$ba framework for social ethics /$cNimi Wariboko.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bLexington Books,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface --Part I: What is excellence? -- The making of a new meaning of excellence -- The making of a concept -- Divine imitation and excellence -- Excellence and subject -- Infinite longing -- A view of human nature -- Self-world correlation and excellence -- Exegeting excellence -- The grammar of excellence -- Excellence : technical and ontological -- Excellence as will-to-the-infinite -- Excellence as community of abstract-concrete and more -- Problematic standards of excellence -- Excellence and creativity -- The core features of excellence -- An African conception of excellence -- New being : the construction of excellent self -- Conclusion: The features of excellence -- New being : participation and imitation -- Christology of excellence -- Imitation in Christian theology -- Justice, love and hope -- Excellence and justice -- Excellence and love -- Excellence and hope -- Part II: Social ethical framework -- A framework for social ethics -- Tillich's concept of ethics -- Creativity and theonomous ethics -- Governance and prophetic spirit -- A model of an excellentist social world -- Outline of governance ethics -- Excellence and the prophetic spirit -- The prophetic spirit and the law -- Social practice as boundary of possibilities -- Social practice : the tension between included and excluded possibilities -- The myth of goods : internal versus external -- Excellence and economic development -- The theological character of economic development -- Modeling excellence on factors of economic development -- Excellence and money -- Economic development : the role of work and monetary policy -- The good, truth, and beauty -- The depth and destiny of excellence -- The exit and tag line : Africa and excellence.
650 0 $aExcellence.
650 0 $aSocial ethics.