How Does the Emphasis on Social Harmony in the Ethics

question 15

Multiple Choice

How does the emphasis on social harmony in the ethics of ubuntu influence African responses to wrongdoing, according to Chapter 12?

• A) Because social harmony is so important, the ethics of ubuntu requires that people who threaten social harmony must be punished harshly.
• B) Because punishment is divisive, the ethics of ubuntu urges that wrongdoers reconcile with their victims to restore social harmony.
• C) Because punishment is disruptive, it is justified in the ethics of ubuntu only because it deters other people from undermining social harmony in the future.
• D) Because social harmony is so well established in societies that observe the ethics of ubuntu, wrongdoing is so rare that there is no established way of dealing with it.

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