11. A Genuine Intercultural Ethics Requires a Decolonized Pluriversal Dialogue Between the Colonizers and the Colonized

To promote not simply an intercultural ethics, but rather a “genuine intercultural ethics” that is contemporarily under attack, the chapter suggests an appropriated “decolonial ethics.” I argue that such an ethics should embrace a “pluriversal dialogue” between the colonizers and colonized that can provide a means for the colonized to genuinely outgrow past colonial fears and constructively move on. Also, their former colonizers cultivate some humility to richly learn, unlearn , and relearn from the values of the colonized, and in so doing, desist from offering their particular cultural ethics as the standardized global ethics. The essay does not offer an exhaustive account of intercultural ethics, but instead is demonstrative of the rich intercultural ethical potentialities before the global community. As approach to a decolonial intercultural ethics I propose a theo-ethics open to all cultures and all people, whether one is a theist or an atheist. Such a theo-ethics presupposes the belief that each remains in contact with all systems of life, consciously or unconsciously. Theo-ethics is therefore inclusive of African spirituality and belief in God. Lastly, my thoughts are fully receptive of correction from honest decolonial scholarships, for they hold legitimate positions to be heard in our pursuit of a genuine “decolonized intercultural pluriversal dialogue.”