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- The Nature of Contemporary African Moral and Political Philosophy: An
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Pages: 207 - 210
Abstract: AbstractWhile there has long been philosophical thinking on the African continent, it was not until the middle of the 20th century that professional philosophy emerged on the continent. Though traditional African cultures have rich oral histories that some contemporary philosophers explicitly draw upon, it was not until universities emerged that there was philosophy conducted by professional philosophers who published their findings in academic venues. To date, much of this work has been conducted in English. The emphasis this tradition places on the community and social harmony will probably stand out immediately to any reader steeped in the Western philosophical tradition. The articles in this issue represent different styles of conducting African philosophy, such as employing analytic methods in order to develop moral theories, questioning the use of Western epistemic standards, and mining ideas from the history of Africa.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae008
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- A Relational Theory of Dignity and Human Rights: An Alternative to
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Pages: 211 - 224
Abstract: AbstractIn this article I draw on resources from the Global South, and particularly the African philosophical tradition, to construct a theory of human rights grounded on dignity that presents a challenge to globally dominant, autonomy-based approaches. Whereas the latter conceive of human rights violations as degradations of our rational nature, the former does so in terms of degradations of our capacity to be party to harmonious or friendly relationships. Although I have in the past presented the basics of this relational approach, in this article I present new argumentation in support of it. I defend it from criticism and also go on the offensive by arguing that understanding the human rights violations of torture and rape to be (roughly) behavior that treats innocent parties in an extremely discordant or unfriendly way is, if not more plausible than standard Kantian understandings, at least a promising alternative to them.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae009
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- African Liveliness as a Secular Moral Theory: Problems and Prospects
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Pages: 225 - 236
Abstract: AbstractAn important belief in African Traditional Religion holds that everything, both animate and inanimate objects, are imbued with an imperceptible energy known as life force. Since life force is the greatest value, it is the grounds of morality. However, it is undertheorized in contemporary African ethics, with work on personhood and harmonious relationships taking centerstage. I seek to fill this gap in the literature by further developing an entirely secular and naturalistic moral theory of life force that avoids metaphysical controversies and is known as liveliness, which was first gestured at by Thaddeus Metz (2012, 2022). I demonstrate that while a series of objections that Metz levels against liveliness affect teleological versions, they do not apply with equal force to deontological versions. Liveliness, particularly deontological versions, ought to be considered as a contender for the best African moral theory alongside those that focus on personhood or harmonious relationships.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae010
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- African, Black, and Western Conceptions of Human Dignity
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Pages: 237 - 250
Abstract: AbstractThe article highlights the potential that African and Black Philosophy can contribute towards the debates on human dignity. It facilitates a three-way philosophical conversation among the Western, African, and Black conceptions of human dignity. It is motivated by the skepticism in the African and Black approaches to ethics that reject the view that some ontological capacity can ground intrinsic value, or human dignity. The article distinguishes the merit-based (the African and Black Philosophy) from the capacity-based approaches (the Western philosophy) to human dignity. In light of the comparisons among the three theories of human dignity, the article identifies three important lessons for moral-political philosophy. First, the Western conception of human dignity needs to explain and justify grounding of value on a descriptive feature. Secondly, the Black conception of dignity is a version of virtue-based account of it, which places a prime on resistance and struggle against domination. Finally, the capacity-based approach seems to have moral-theoretic advantages in dealing with issues in bioethics, environmental ethics, and political philosophy, which the African and Black conceptions of human dignity seems not to have.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae011
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- A Relational View of Homosexuality
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Pages: 251 - 263
Abstract: AbstractHomosexuality is criminalised and socially condemned in many places in Africa. This fact seems to suggest that African moral philosophy would likely render homosexuality immoral. Indeed, some of the African philosophical literature tries to suggest that homosexuality is morally wrong. Contrasting with this view, in this article, I will show that Afro-communitarian ethics implies that homosexuality is morally permissible and, indeed, can be an excellent way to promote social harmony. I defend this theory by drawing out the implications of social harmony, and also respond to potential objections from African intellectuals and new natural law theorists.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae012
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- Decolonizing “Decolonization” and Knowledge Production beyond
Eurocentrism*-
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Pages: 264 - 278
Abstract: AbstractI historicize decolonial theories within the context of epistemic contestations and knowledge production in Africa. I offer a critical appraisal of decolonization as simulated within Western academic institutions and argue that the current tempo of decolonization movements is by no means an accident of history; it is, in fact, a residual narrative of colonial epistemology. I offer internal critique and discuss the limitations of decolonization as an intellectual strategy, before addressing how Western academics have appropriated the discourse in a manner fitting an intellectual crusade. The decolonial scholar is, at the same time, perpetuating the mandate of colonial epistemology by substituting coloniality with subjective displacement. Finally, I suggest a modest proposal for adopting a new framework that admits the epistemic virtues of decolonization while eschewing its limitations and internal contradictions. My argument is that decolonization studies, as understood in contemporary African philosophy, has remained afflicted with the same disease it seeks to cure by (i) uncritical affiliation with historical generalizations, (ii) failure to recognize that history is no location of innocence and (iii) recolonization of non-Western ontologies through epistemic imperialism and network legitimation.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae013
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- Changing the Frame: New Epistemic Frameworks and Social Transformation in
African Feminist Theory-
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Pages: 279 - 293
Abstract: AbstractThis article discusses African feminist approaches to decolonization and social transformation. In recent years, there has been a significant shift in African feminist scholarship towards African concerns and Africa-centered solutions. Today’s turn to Indigenous knowledge, social structures, and gender relations is no longer just about shedding light on the precolonial past, but about fundamentally changing the epistemic framework in the sense of developing alternative epistemologies beyond the dominant ‘Western’ framework. But what is meant by ‘alternative epistemologies’' How do African feminist thinkers conceptualize social change today' And how do they relate epistemic and social change in their thinking' These questions are explored in this article, focusing on work by Sylvia Tamale (Uganda), Wangari Maathai (Kenya), and Anthonia Kalu (Nigeria) and drawing on the discourse of ecofeminism and Ubuntu as two models of alternative epistemologies.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae014
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
- In the Shade of Power: The Sacred Art of Leveling up the Powerless
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Pages: 294 - 306
Abstract: AbstractThis paper examines a general political problem of how to balance the need for concentrated power in the hands of the state—which is needed for effective governance—against the egalitarian desire to equalize power. It distinguishes between ‘positive’ political power appropriately wielded by the state, and ‘negative’ power that individuals may use to protect their own activities and interests from excessive or illegitimate state action and argue for institutions and practices designed to equalize power by ‘leveling up’ the powerless to match the strong.
PubDate: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/monist/onae015
Issue No: Vol. 107, No. 3 (2024)
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