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ABOUT THE BOOKIn African Tradition, Ethics is ones System of Values used as a personal disposition to guide ones Selfhood Ingredients pertaining to how one thinks, feels, says, does. Along a human's life's course, these are used for ones desires, choices, decisions, solutions pertaining to Right Life Thinking/Living. Their by-products operate in determining ones Character. Ancient Africans considered a human's System of Values to be a reflection of ones character, perhaps embracing both Morals ("Right/Wrong") and Ethics (Appropriate/Inappropriate) behaviors within the context of Ma'at living. Ma'at makes for an absolute standard for reaching the heaven Afterlife. They started with Good Manners in training children into their System of Values. Those embrace Folkways--non-moral customs, called Ethics + Mores--Moral customs-Common Sense about "Right"/"Wrong" according to Divine Law Standards. These carry the same power as the force of law. Yet, personal Spiritual Ethics is using Wisdom to discern Rightness, based upon Divine Laws, of conflicting Qualities. Morals are using ones Intellect to properly institute decisions-open to ones instincts or choice--in the most practical manner that embraces Harmlessness, Truth, Honesty, Cleanliness, Appropriateness. These mosaics of Divine Laws are Intellects' greatest powers. The point is that ones mental qualities are largely determined by the nature, quality, and quantity of ones Pre-Birth and Earthly Acquired Emotions. The more Pre-Birth Emotions orchestrate ones Selfhood and the least Acquired Emotions are used, is what fashions the very best Good Manners and Ethics. African Tradition advocates high Human Ideals and right conduct as foundational to the preservation of the individual, the group, and community living. A way this is done is by honestly listing all of ones Good and less than Good Qualities. For the latter, remove the Useless and modify or eliminate the others by letting them die from disuse. For their opposite rep