Finding a moral compass for South Africa: Where are we? Where could we go?

Author

JM Vorster

Synopsis

The research question of this book reads: Can South Africans, amidst all the contemporary distrust in political leadership and moral decay, find a moral compass that could lead them to a humane society of mutual trust, respect for each other, a flourishing life and a bright future for future generations? This book presents new perspectives on the psychopathology created by colonisation, the failures of the post-1994 dispensation regarding reconciliation, transformation, justice, distorted family life, violence, unity in diversity, as well as moral leadership and agency and indifference to a future of hope. It proposes a new moral compass that can lead South Africa out of the abyss.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Angle of approach
Chapter 2
Our colonial heritage
Chapter 3
Our post-1994 heritage
Chapter 4
The road to newness: All-embracing reconciliation
Chapter 5
Challenging poverty and coming to grips with economic justice
Chapter 6
Making family life the moral seedbed of our society
Chapter 7
Extinguishing the fires of violence
Chapter 8
Achieving unity enriched by diversity
Chapter 9
Finding leaders with moral fibre and citizens engaging in moral intervention
Chapter 10
The moral compass to a future of decent nationhood and a community of character

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