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Title:Value-Judgment and Social Transformation in an African Nation: Rethinking National Security and Political Philosophy
Author:Ujomu, Phillip O.ISNI
Year:2001
Periodical:Humanities Review Journal
Volume:1
Issue:1
Pages:47-60
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
Nigeria
Subjects:philosophy
political philosophy
national security
Politics and Government
Abstract:This essay examines the problem of the proper conception of political philosophy that can ensure the security, survival and well-being of both the individual and the society. It clarifies the role of values in sociopolitical discourse and uses the problem of national security in Nigeria as a basis for the analysis of the right disposition of intellectuals to the matters affecting human life. It insists that Africa needs not only morally committed individuals, but also a political philosophy that can serve the mission of development and emancipation, a man-centred political philosophy that will also be an ethical imperative. Bibliogr., online sum. [Journal abstract]
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