The CRÉ is pleased to welcome Anatole Fogou  (Universities of Maroua and Buea, Cameroon), who is undertaking a research stay at the Centre as part of a partnership between the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) and the Laboratory for Ethics and Public Policy (EthicsLab) at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Yaoundé, Cameroon).

Anatole Fogou will present a talk entitled “The Problematic of Endogenous Ethics: Toward a Pluralistic Universalism,” followed by a commentary delivered via videoconference by Thierry Ngosso (University of Hamburg & Chair of Business Ethics, Technical University of Munich; Founding Director, EthicsLab).

Chair: Ryoa Chung (Université de Montréal)

Abstract

Contemporary moral thought is marked by a crisis of normative foundations and by the persistence of deep disagreements regarding the criteria for the justification of action. At the same time, globalization has fostered the emergence of norms with universal aspirations, often formulated within particular cultural frameworks. This paper examines the legitimacy of such universalist claims in a context of moral pluralism. It argues that a reflective engagement with endogenous ethics provides a promising avenue for rethinking the conditions of a non-hegemonic universalism. Far from leading to relativism, this approach opens the possibility of a pluralistic universalism grounded in intercultural dialogue and in the recognition of context.

Keywords: endogenous ethics, moral pluralism, contextualism, universalism, bioethics.

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