Research portfolio

Research interests

Ethics

Applied ethics

Social and political philosophy

Social contract theories/and history of

African philosophy

African socio-political economy

Philosophy for children,

Philosophy of education

History of philosophy,

Early modern philosophy,

Descartes

Epistemology

Current research

Consensual democracy

Menkiti, normative conceptions of persons

Social contract theory

Rights and disabilities

Freedom and determinism

Truth and propositions

African ethics/Ubuntu

Business ethics, marketing and research

Environmental climate change, population

Reparations and colonialism

Transitional justice and society

Publications

Books

1 Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation, Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books (With Odirin Omiegbe).

Edited Books

3 Method, Substance and the Future of African Philosophy, New York: Palsgrave Macmillan.

2 Ka Osi SọOnye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era, Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press (With Jonathan O. Chimakonam).

1 Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum, London: Routledge

Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed)

27 “Substancehood in Locke, Spinoza, and Kant,” Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy, 2017 18(1):43-59.

26 “Moral Education, Ubuntu and Ubuntu-inspired Communities,” South African Journal of Philosophy, 2017 36(2):311-325.

25 “Ubuntu, Cosmopolitanism and Distribution of Natural Resources,” Philosophical Papers, March 2017 46(1):139-162.

24 “Anthropocentricism, African Metaphysical Worldview, and Animal Practices: A Reply to Kai Horsthemke,” Journal of Animal Ethics 7(2):145-162.

23 “African Philosophy: Past, Present and Future,” Philosophia Africana, Summer/Fall 2016 18(1):1-7 (With Jonathan Chimakonam).

22 “Religion, Culture, Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria,” African Journal of Disability 5(1):1-6 (With Odirin Omiegbe).

21 “Why Ought the Philosophy Curriculum in Universities in Africa be Africanized?” South African Journal of Philosophy(Special Issue, December 2016) 35(4):404-417.

20 “African Philosophy and Proverbs: The Case of Logic in Urhobo Proverbs,” Philosophia Africana, Summer/Fall 2016 18(1):21-39.

19 “African Philosophy in the Eyes of the West,” Phronimon 2016 17(1):84-103.

18 “Guest Editor’s Introduction: The Task of Africanizing the Philosophy Curriculum,” South African Journal of Philosophy(Special Issue, December 2016) 35(4):377-382.

17 “Virtues, Freedom of Expression and Dissent, and Dēmokratía,”Social Action January 2 – March 2015, 65:1-16.

16 Descartes and Epistemology With or Without God, Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy, 2015,16(1):65-86.

15 “Themes in Brand Blanshard’s Coherence Theory of Truth,” Philosophia:

International Journal of Philosophy, 2014, 15(1):11-24.

14 “Post-Modern Thinking and African Philosophy,” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of

African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 3(1): 67-82.

13 “Bargaining and Agreement in Gauthier’s Moral Contractarianism,” South African

Journal of Philosophy, 32(3): 221-233.

12 “The Case of Competency and Informed Consent,” Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics, S12:001. doi:10.4172/2155-9627.S12-001 (http://www.omicsonline.org/the-case-of-competency-and-informed-consent-2155-9627.S12-001.pdf).

11 “Preliminary Reflections on the Privatization Policy in Nigeria,” African Journal of Economic Management Studies, 4(1):144-152.

10 “Cartesian Circle, the Principle of Clarity and Distinctness, and God,” Lumina, 23(1):81-93.

9 “Genetic Enhancement, Social Justice, and Welfare-oriented Patterns of Distribution,” Bioethics, 26(6):296-304.

8 “The Self, Individual Moral Responsibility and Community,” Testamentum Imperium, 2011 3:1-26.

7 “The Ethical Dimension of Ubuntu and its Relationship to Environmental Sustainability,” Journal of African Environmental Ethics and Values 1(1):116-130.

6 “‘God is Dead!’ Nietzsche’s Zarathustra and Some Reflections on Religiosity in Nigeria,” Nigerian Journal of Philosophy, 24(1):1-17.

5 “An Outline of an Ecumenical Environmental Ethic,” The Trumpeter,7(3):47-59.

4 “Ethics of Government Privatization in Nigeria,” Thought and Practice, 3(1):87-112.

3 “Privatization in Nigeria, Social Welfare, and the Obligation of Social Justice,” Journal of Economics, 2(1):37-44.

2 “Political Reparationists and the Moral Case for Reparations to Africa for Colonialism,” Africa Insight, 40(4):22-34.

1 “Cartesian Hyperbolic Doubts and the ‘Painting Analogy’ in the First Meditation,” Diametros, 24: 45-57.

Book Chapters (Peer-reviewed and Invited)

6 “Media and Ethos: Influencing Elections in African Politics,” in Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Abigail Ogwuezi-Ndisika, Nicholas S. Iwokwagh (eds.) Media, Governance, Sustainable Development and Corporate Communication, Lagos, University of LagosPress (With Godwin Oboh), forthcoming.

5 “African Philosophy in the Court of Postmodernism,” in Ka Osi SọOnye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era, Jonathan O. Chimakonam and Edwin Etieyibo (eds.), Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press.2015

4 “Information and Communication Technologies and African Youth in a Globalized World,” in Paul Ugor and Lord Mawuko-Yevugah(eds.), African Youth Cultures in a Globalized World: Challenges, Agency and Resistance, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015, pp. 127-147.

3 “The Question of Cultural Imperialism in African Philosophy,” in Jonathan O. Chimakonam (ed.) Atuolu Omalu: Some Unanswered Questions in Contemporary African Philosophy, Lanham, Maryland, University Press of America,2015, pp.147 170.

2 “The Ontological Presuppositions in Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X’s Philosophies of Black Liberation” in A Study in African Socio-Political Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Muyiwa Falaiye, Antony Okeregbe Samuel B. Jegede, Dotun Ogunkoya (eds.), Lagos, University of Lagos Press, 2012, pp19-43.

1 “Libertarianism and the Dichotomy between Positive and Negative Rights,” An Anthology of Philosophical Studies, Patricia Hanna et al eds., Athens, Athens Institute for Education and Research, pp.403-419.

Book Reviews

1 “A Review of the New Africa – Dispatches from a Changing Continent” By Robert Press, Ogirisi: a New Journal of African Studies, 11, 2015, pp.209-216

3 “Understanding Ethics”, 3rd edition (Torbjörn Tännsjö) Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Press, South African Journal of Philosophy, 33(3):375-376.

2 “The Americans Are Coming! Dreams of African American Liberation in Segregationist South Africa” (Robert Trent Vinson), African Historical Review, 46 (1): 98-101.

1 “The Founders: The Origins of the ANC and the Struggle for Democracy in South Africa” (André Odendaal), African Historical Review, 45 (2):142-144.

Other Publications

1 “Africanizing the Philosophy Curricula in Universities in Africa”, Art Africa Digital (Becoming African) November, 2015.

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