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“A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.”
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu champions Ubuntu, an African philosophy that highlights interconnectedness. He asserts that humanity is shaped through relationships: “A person is a person through other persons.” Ubuntu belongs to ethics and social philosophy, contrasting Western individualism by focusing on community and the collective nature of human existence.

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