ABSTRACT
The concept of worthiness before nature evolves out of the concept the interrelatedness of moral worthiness in every area of human life. The highest form of moral worthiness is always inclusive, that is to say, it enables the possessor to claim a Maatian standing in the major areas of moral consideration. Thus, to stand worthy before God means and requires worthiness in relation to and before others and nature. Here one seeks a unity of a whole life and an excellence (i~) in every area of moral concern. The proposition that to be a truly Maatian person, one must stand worthy before God, others and nature is not only supported in the texts but is also rationally consistent with the meaning of Maat, itself. For Maat is an order of interrelated existence, including the divine, the social and the natural (Morenz 198, 113; Anthes 1954,23; Allen 1989,26).
