aquino: A Pathfinder

This is a computer-generated pathfinder created against the Distant Reader study called aquino.

Each Distant Reader study carrel is composed of many individual items. Each item is bibliographically described with author, title, date, summary, and keyword values. Below is a list of the items' most signficant keywords as well as lists of the items themselves. Purpusing the content of this pathfinder provides the student, researcher, or scholar with one way to get their heads around the scope of the carrel. The keywords include:

Nigeria; People; Human; Society; Life; World; Development; Knowledge; Government; God; State; Nature; Religion; Africa; Ethics; Women; Man; Education; Science; Gender; Power; Countries; Existence; Page; Reason; Language; Information; Beings; Self; Practices; Covid-19; Fear; Climate; Child

Depending on how this pathfinder was created, many of the bibliographic sections will include elaborations on the meaning(s) of the given keywords. These elaborations were generated by feeding the items' summaries to a large langauge model and asking the model to address the question, "What is X?", where "X" is the keyword. The result will be a few sentences of elaboration. Be forewarned. The elaborations are often plausible, but they should not be take as truth. Instead, they should be taken as points for consideration.

• A NATION’S ECONOMY IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA: WHAT NIGERIA CAN LEARN FROM FRANCE by Clement Chimaobi EMEFU (2021) - Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is revelatory of both positive and negative states of world economies. According to philosophers and those who wrote on political economy in the late 18th century and most of the 19th century, the economic role of the State was limited to compensating for externalities and possible distortions arising from the dysfunction of markets and the provision of public goods. Keywords: covid-19; covid-19 pandemic; crisis; economy; french; government; https://africacheck.org/reports/no-nigeria-is-not-the-worlds-biggest-champagne-consumer-after-france/; https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/fgs-covid-19-palliatives-why-nigerians-are-not-feeling-the-impact/; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/gm-to-lend-its-auto-factories-to-support-production-of-ventilators-in-coronavirus-fight.html#close; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/gm-to-lend-its-auto-factories-to-support-production-of-ventilators-in-coronavirus-fight.html#close https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/gm-to-lend-its-auto-factories-to-support-production-of-ventilators-in-coronavirus-fight.html#close; https://www.la-croix.com/religion/catholicisme/france/solidaires-malades-coronavirus-religieuses-fabriquent-masques-sanitaires-2020-03-31-1201086997; https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/11/09/covid-19-comm8ent-la-pandemie-va-durablement-peser-sur-l-economie_6059025_3234.html; https://www.ouest-france.fr/sante/virus/coronavirus/coronavirus-l-entreprise-de-cosmetiques-l-occitane-se-reconvertit-dans-la-production-de-gel-6795509; nigeria; pandemic; state; world
• PHILOSOPHY, THE CHURCH AND QUEST FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIBERATION IN NIGERIA by Barnabas Obiora IDOKO (2021) - The third and final section deals with the liberating role of the Church in achieving the desired justice in the socioeconomic life of Nigeria. It is from this perspective that philosophy is used in this research to serve the purpose of socioeconomic liberation of Nigeria through the Church. Keywords: church; country; justice; liberation; masses; nigeria; philosophy; society; state; system
• FOSTERING INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA by Chukwunonso Vitalis OGBO (2021) - Interreligious dialogue “is about people of different faiths coming to a mutual understanding and respect that allows them to live and cooperate with each other in spite of their differences (Fult, 2020).According to Sandi Fults, interreligious dialogue is a challenging process by which adherents of different religious traditions encounter each other in order to break down the walls of division that stand at the center of most wars (Fults, 2020). 135 FOSTERING INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA Chukwunonso Vitalis OGBO Keywords: christians; church; dialogue; fults; god; islam; muslims; nigeria; ogbo; people; religions
• PANDEMICS AND THE FUTURE OF ETHICS IN DEMOCRACIES by Columbus N. OGBUJAH Ph.D; Nympha U. NKAMA (2021) - In his incisive article – “The elusive definition of pandemic influenza,” Peter Doshi (2011) uses the WHO pandemic influenza guidelines, 1999–2009 to buttress his thesis, claiming that, at best, what the world body bequeaths to us is a descriptive-definition. For him, the WHO has inexplicably refrained from offering a formal quotable definition of pandemic influenza. Keywords: countries; democracies; democracy; disease; ethics; future; government; health; https://thenationonlineng.net/n288b-covid-19-relief-fund-how-govt-mdas-scammed-us-by-sme-owners/?utm_term=ozy&utm_campaign=daily-dose&utm_content=monday_07.19.21&utm_source=campaigner&utm_medium=email https://thenationonlineng.net/n288b-covid-19-relief-fund-how-govt-mdas-scammed-us-by-sme-owners/?utm_term=ozy&utm_campaign=daily-dose&utm_content=monday_07.19.21&utm_source=campaigner&utm_medium=email; human; influenza; journal; nigeria; ogbujah; pandemic; people; principle; rights; spread; virus; world
• NIGERIA ON THE WHEEL OF DECAY: THE BOOK OF AMOS AND QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE by Yusuf DOGARA (2021) - Social justice in this context is based on human rights and equality which social injustice does not guarantee. And the original message of prophet Amos stresses the divine demand for social justice and concern for the oppressed in 8th century Israel. Keywords: amos; god; injustice; israel; justice; message; nigeria; nigerians; people; society; socio; time
• INVESTIGATING THE FOUNDATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND MORALITY: A NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE by Rev Fr Gerald OHAERI, Cssp, Ph.D (2022) - Within the Nigerian situation or context, we hope finally to discuss why religion or religious morality cannot solve our problems. Apostles of religious morality (i.e. religion-based morality) maintain that all human actions, judged as moral, have their origin in a divine command and could not have come to be without this divine intervention/command. Keywords: foundation; issue; morality; nigeria; page; relationship; religion; society
• ETHICAL ISSUES AND THE BANE OF NIGERIA'S ECONOMY: A PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION. by Anthony Chikaeme ONWULIRI (2022) - The study concludes that with effective oversight by business regulatory agencies, stricter enforcement of legal requirements for doing business in Nigeria, and corporate adoption of an ethical culture, ethical business practices can be restored in the Nigerian business environment, resulting in economic growth and development for the country. While governments must guarantee that individuals who break laws intended to prohibit unethical business conduct face consistent enforcement action, governments may also take proactive initiatives to promote ethical business behaviour before the occurrence of unethical activities. Keywords: behaviour; business; business ethics; employees; ethics; firm; journal; nepotism; nigeria; practices; principles; result; workers
• THE CHALLENGE OF ETHNOCENTRISM IN NIGERIAAND THE YIN-YANG PRINCIPLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY by ETUK, Anthony R., Ph.D. (2022) - It is to be judged in our capability to identify with people of other ethnic groups and exhibit solidarity with them in their otherness. Falola and Matthew assert that “those parties that had control over the assemblies were able to distribute government resources among themselves, supporters, their regions and ethnic groups, and equally were able to deny these resources to their opponents” (2008, p.165). Keywords: country; ethnocentrism; existence; groups; mindset; nature; nigeria; people; philosophy; politics; principle; yang; yin
• From ?kpa ego to ego mbute: investigating into the intergenerational crisis of illicit financial quest among the Igbo youth by Evaristus Ifeanacho, (PhD) (2022) - A society that suffers persistent demographic shortage of young people gradually goes into extinction. Consequently, that calls for unstoppable effort in the proper and integral education of young people in order to guarantee the tomorrow of the society. Keywords: children; education; ego; igbo; kpa; life; mbute; money; nigeria; parents; people; wealth; work; yahoo
• IMPACTS OF INSURGENCY ON NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY by EMMANUEL UGBEDEOJO AMEH, PhD (2022) - Muzan (2014) opined that the insurgency in northern Nigeria appears to be an outlier among all these security issues and has been gaining power, sophistication, and most significantly, has become highly frightening and tough to combat. For instance, Nwanegbo and Odigbo (2013) stated that “between July 27, 2009 and February 17, 2012, Boko Haram has launched fifty (53) attacks in which 1,157 people were killed and hundreds of people injured in northern Nigeria.” Keywords: boko; country; democracy; development; government; haram; insurgency; journal; nigeria; people; properties; state; system
• TERRORISM IN NIGERIAAND THE QUESTION OF RELIGION by OKPANACHI, Elijah Ojochonu (2022) - Huffman further argued that “those involved in religious terrorism see violence as an act of sacrament or divine duty carried out in direct response to some theological requests or expectations” (43). According to Omomia, the current spate of religious terrorism in Nigeria is concealed by the perpetrators as a desire to “fight for God”. Keywords: acts; attacks; boko; government; groups; haram; nigeria; page; people; religion; state; terrorism
• PHILOSOPHY, LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SOCIETY IN NIGERIA by AGAMA, Christian Sunday, (PhD); OBIAGWU, Victor Obinna, (PhD) (2022) - But all that could be said is that developed countries naturally in a gradual process became information societies before the developing countries proceed to enter the state of information society. To some, information society has been in existence as at th th late 19 century, and of recent some suggest the late 18 century, whereas some are concerned about the vitality of the concept whether information and knowledge have been playing an important role in history or not. Keywords: digital; information; information society; knowledge; librarianship; libraries; library; nigeria; philosophy; society
• RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE AND CO-EXISTENCE IN NIGERIA by Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, PhD; Mike Boni Bazza, PhD (2023) - Keywords: Religious Violence, Peaceful Co-existence, Remedial Solutions, Nigerian Nation Introduction Looking at religious violence and its implications for peaceful co-existence in Nigeria, this discourse begins by investigating the causes and implications of religious violence for a peaceful co-existence among the adherents of different religious beliefs in Nigeria. Causes of Religious Violence in Nigeria Having attempted to clarify some conceptual issues on the subject of this research paper, the following discussion will now focus on the causes of religious violence in Nigeria. Keywords: christians; existence; journal; kanu; muslims; nigeria; peace; people; press; religion; state; sulaiman; university; violence
• THE PHILOSOPHER AND REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPTS IN NIGERIA by Aloysius Uchechukwu ONAH (2023) - Although it is possible to consider revolution with reference to changes in a country (French revolution, Chinese revolution), regions (the Arab spring, the dissolution-revolution of the Soviet empire), world (in 1848 and 1968 = Read Minkkinen, 2009, 17), but one could also think of it in terms of progress in science and technology such as: industrial revolution, digital revolution, technological revolution (United Nations, 2016), or even in terms of institutional change Marxist revolution (Lamb, 109), the Aristocratic Revolution of the City-States among the early Greeks, Latins and Romans (Diop, 1987, 24), demographic revolution (Easterlin, 2019, 3) and political revolution. Abstract In an organized society, human beings have revolted against inhuman conditions of living or systems that governed them through structured groups called syndicates, movements, oppositions and revolutions. Keywords: attempts; change; human; lamb; new; nigeria; order; people; philosopher; political; revolution; society
• APPLICATION OF STATE-CENTRIC SECURITY APPROACH TO THE SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTHEAST by C. N. Ogugua; P. C. Okoli, PhD (2023) - In this sense international stability relied on the premise that if state security is maintained, then the security of citizens will necessarily follow (Bajpai, 2000, p. 29). Farming communities are still regularly attacked by killers' herdsmen; incidences of kidnapping are still rampant, Security agents are still attacked and killed by unknown gunmen and state security agents are still killing, harassing, abducting and committing arsons in the Zone. Keywords: government; herdsmen; nigeria; people; rights; security; southeast; sovereignty; state; theory; zone
• AN APPRAISAL OF THE IMPACT OF INSURGENCY ON THE CHANGING PATTERN OF NIGERIA FOREIGN POLICY by Suleiman Mohammed Evuti (2023) - The emergence of terrorism in Nigeria owing to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Northern Nigeria has greatly undermined the country's foreign policy drive and as such, their activities in Nigeria have called to question bases for Nigerian foreign policy relation particularly with the affected neighboring countries This research therefore aim to appraised critically the impact of the activities of Islamic/religious fundamentalism on Nigeria foreign policy Relation. A closer look at the political history and external relations of Nigeria would only make one realize that Nigeria is passing through a phase that seems the most challenging for the country's foreign policy experts, observers and average Nigerians since the main focus of all architects of foreign policy is to distinctly marked off in clear terms country's national interest which serves as a guide in their relations with other nations. Keywords: africa; arms; boko; conflict; country; government; group; haram; insurgency; international; military; nigeria; policy; state; terrorism
• THE ISSUE AND QUESTION OF ETHNIC POLITICS AND RELIGIOUS DICHOTOMY AS RESPONSIBLE FOR NIGERIAN CURRENT DEMOCRATIC QUAGMIRES by KPODEE, Neemene ThankGod PhD; PETERS, Godswill Osoruchi (2024) - mailto:kpodeethankgod@gamil.com Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 4 Issue 1, January 2024 ISSN: 2786-9792 25 Introduction The question of ethnic politics and religious dichotomy, amongst others, are one of the several phenomena hindering the desired to having democratic success in Nigeria. The point to note here is that the issue of ethnic politics in Nigeria and the practice of governance in accordance to religious divides have been an age long practice in the Nigerian politics. Keywords: country; democracy; democratic; development; dichotomy; ethnicity; issue; nigeria; politics; religion; state
• KARL POPPER’S PRINCIPLE OF VERISIMILITUDE: A PANACEA TO ISLAMIC FANATICISM IN NIGERIA by Ratzinger E. E. Nwobodo, PhD (2024) - However, religious fanaticism is most pronounced within the Islamic sect in Nigeria. This goes to show that religious fanaticism is a thing of the mind. Keywords: faith; fanaticism; islamic; journal; karl; knowledge; nigeria; popper; religion; truth; verisimilitude
• GENDER DYNAMICS IN THE IGBO APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM: EXPLORING WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA by Ogochukwu Agatha Okpokwasili, PhD; Ignatuis Nnaemeka Onwuatuegwu, PhD (2024) - Women apprenticeship in recent times has been converted to “Imu Olu aka”. Gender Dynamics in the Igbo Apprenticeship System: Exploring Women's … - O.A. Okpokwasili, PhD & I.N. Onwuatuegwu, PhD mailto:in.onwuatuegwu@unizik.edu.ng Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 4 Issue 1, January 2024 ISSN: 2786-9792 123 Keywords: Igbo apprenticeship system, gender dynamics, women's participation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment. Keywords: apprenticeship; apprenticeship system; business; dynamics; entrepreneurship; gender; igbo; knowledge; nigeria; opportunities; people; skills; system; trade; women
• IMPACT OF CHURCH PERSECUTION IN NORTHERN PART OF NIGERIA by AWINGS YUSUF SULE (2024) - Thus this paper examines Christians persecution in Northern Nigeria context (Lwati vol.9, NO1, 2012). It has resulted to leaving many as widows, widowers, childless, orphans, extinction and set back to the growth of Christianity in Northern Nigeria. Keywords: boko; christians; church; government; haram; impact; nigeria; northern; northern nigeria; people; persecution; state
• NATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: TOWARDS A NATIONAL RESPONSE TO POLITICAL RIVALRY IN THE CONTEXT OF NIGERIA by YUSUF J. LUXMAN, Ph.D. (2024) - Other supporting discourses include an overview of the Nigerian context, Nigerian political system, national policies on national aspirations, political parties in Nigeria, political rivalry in Nigeria, scourge of political rivalry in Nigeria and national response to political rivalry in Nigeria. In contemporary Nigeria, political party rivalry was the order of the day. Keywords: development; goals; government; interest; national; nigeria; objectives; party; rivalry; system
• INTERROGATING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON AFRICAN POLITICS by John Tor Tsuwa; Terver Akase (2024) - Keywords: Africa, social media, Politics, Internet, Democracy, Elections Introduction In recent years, the proliferation of social media platforms has revolutionized the way information is disseminated, opinions are formed, and political discourse is conducted worldwide. JUNE 2024.cdr Abstract This paper examines the impact of social media on African politics focusing on how these platforms have influenced political discourse, citizen engagement, and government responsibility and accountability. Keywords: access; africa; democracy; election; government; impact; information; internet; journal; media; nigeria; page; people; platforms; politics; president; society; twitter; use
• THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA, 1999 – 2020 by Ukegbu, Ezionyinye Ebere, PhD; Nwala, KenethTochukwu, PhD (2024) - However, several challenges need to be addressed to fully harness the potential of ICT in environmental management in Nigeria such as technological challenges, infrastructure and connectivity issues, capacity building, and awareness require attention among others. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of ICT in environmental management in Nigeria and its future prospects. Keywords: data; decision; ict; information; management; monitoring; nigeria; systems; technology; water
• THE DUTY OF THE NIGERIAN STATE TO SAFEGUARD THE NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE by Mark Omorovie Ikeke, PhD (2024) - In other countries of the world, there is an explicit provision for environmental rights and the government must safeguard it. The ACHPR which has been domesticated in Nigeria can give an opening for the implementation of environmental rights in Nigeria, but there is still a conflict as the Supreme Court states that the C h a r t e r i s n o t s u p e r i o r t o N Keywords: constitution; duty; environment; government; human; nigeria; people; rights; state
• BOKO-HARAMIZATION OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISTS IN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE by Ishaya, Brunu (Ph.D Fellow, UNN); Rev. Ngele, Omaka Kalu, PhD (2024) - Religion, politics and power in northern Nigeria. However, despite these constitutional stipulations, a cursory peep into the Nigerian political scene reveals that Nigerian political leaders have not lived up to the expectations of the citizens and the task which the constitution bestows on them. Keywords: boko; corruption; governance; government; haramization; institutions; leadership; national; nigeria; people; religion; state
• AN EXAMINATION OF LEVINAS' NOTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN SITUATION IN NIGERIA by Prof. Elijah Okon John; Godwin Adahada (2024) - To unpack this, this essay proceeds as follows: Section 2 introduces Emmanuel Levinas; Section 3 exposes Levinas' notion of responsibility; Section 4 investigates the human situation in Nigeria; Section 5 Juxtaposes Levinas' notion of responsibility and human situation in Nigeria; Section 6 makes a case for Levinas' notion of responsibility as an advocacy for better human situation in Nigeria; Section 7 evaluates Levinas' notion of responsibility and section 8 concludes the contemporary Nigeria needs Levinas' notion of responsibility as a model for reorientation of thinking and acting to ensure better social, economic and political situation. AQUINNO VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 JUNE 2024.cdr AN EXAMINATION OF LEVINAS' NOTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN SITUATION IN NIGERIA Prof. Elijah Okon John & Godwin Adahada Department of Philosophy, University of Uyo PMB 1017, Uyo Phone: 07032878732 Email: elijahjohn@uniuyo.edu.ng Abstract This paper examines Levinas' notion of responsibility and human situation in Nigeria. Keywords: contemporary; ethical; ethics; government; human; levinas; nigeria; notion; page; people; philosophy; relationship; responsibility; right; self; situation; subject; work
• NAPEP: A TRI-CAUSAL EXPLANATION OF WHY IT FAILED by Anas Elochukwu (2024) - Secondly, it involves embedment, whereby government station work teams in the rural areas to administer rural administration and monitor poverty reduction programmes. In contrast, many poverty reduction programmes in Nigeria are imposed upon the intended beneficiaries. Keywords: bank; country; development; eradication; napep; national; nigeria; poverty; programme; reduction; world
• JACQUES DERRIDAAND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA by Modestus Anyaegbu, PhD (2024) - This teaching appeals and has appealed to thousands of young Christians who have followed and adhered to this new form of progressive Christianity. Proper Christianity is the Christianity that preaches Christ and him who is crucified. Keywords: abiama; christianity; christians; chukwu; deconstruction; derrida; faith; god; jesus; new; nigeria; people; religion
• THE SOCIO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE IGBOS'S INDIFFERENTISM ST TH IN THE AUGUST 1 TO 10 2024 END BAD GOVERNANCE NATIONAL PROTEST: A COUNTER PROTEST, A POLITICAL REACTION OR MISTRUST FOR NATIONAL UNITY? by Barnabas Ekiegini Izegede (2024) - g. Deliberate Underuse of Seaports There is a well-considered perception that the seaports within the Igbo axis are deliberately underused when one considers the fact that Port Harcourt port was a bustling port prior to Nigeria independence, up until Nigeria Biafra civil war to (Information Service, 1956). Aduba (2017) argued in The Will newspaper, that Nigeria government deliberately imposed the £20 flat rate policy without any circumspection. Keywords: biafra; country; eastern; federal; government; groups; igbo; indifferentism; national; nigeria; people; politics; region; socio; state; unity; war
• MORALITY AND EDUCATION: THE PRECURSOR FOR SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION by Justus Isaac Ph. D (2024) - The act of educating people to acquire moral virtue in order to build or rebuild their lives and the society at large is known as moral education. It is an error to think that moral education is limited to the area of sexual relationship. Keywords: education; experience; good; morality; nigeria; people; reconstruction; society; values
• PHILOSOPHY, POVERTY AND THE RE-MAKING OF THE NIGERIA NATION by Owere A. Ejidje ILIARO, PhD (2024) - NIGERIA'S QUAGMIRED ECONOMY AND POLITICS An average Nigerian, when confronted with issues bearing on Nigeria economy, politics and general development, will surely speak from the negative perspective. Keywords: Philosophy, poverty, development, exploitation, political systems, Nigeria. Keywords: citizens; development; disciplines; economy; nigeria; philosophy; thinking
• XENOPHOBIAAND NATIONAL IDENTITY: A STUDY AND MORAL EVALUATION OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN-NIGERIAN CONFLICTS ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS by Afunugo, Kenechi Nnaemeka (2024) - NIGERIA'S NETIZENS EXTENDING ONLINE DISPUTE TO FRAUDULENT ORDERING OF ONLINE GOODS Zage (2024) records that the online conflict went beyond ride-hailing requests, with some Nigerians placing fake food orders from South Africa businesses, as illustrated in an X user's post (cited by Zage) to wit: “South Africa has restaurants where you can order food and pay upon delivery. This was clearly exemplified in the focus of this research which is recent online tensions between Nigerians and South Africans regarding the booking and cancellation of ride-hailing services like Bolt and Uber, as well as the frustration caused by the increase in online purchases made by Nigerians in South Africa. Keywords: africa; africans; conflicts; identity; media; nigeria; nigerians; online; south; south africa
• NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTION OF CULTURAL NORMS AND FEMINIST IDEALS IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S ‘WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS’: LESSONS FOR NIGERIAN FEMINISTS by Dr. Uchenna Nympha Nkama (2025) - The findings emphasize the need for an inclusive feminist framework that engages both local traditions and global discourses to promote gender equality effectively. Chimamanda Adichie has emerged and contributed significantly to contemporary feminist discourse, particularly in African contexts and presents a compelling argument for gender equality while acknowledging the cultural and social realities that shape gender relations in Nigeria and beyond (Adichie, 2014). Keywords: adichie; equality; feminist; gender; male; nigeria; norms; roles; women; work
• THE PARADIGM OF TERRORISTS’OPERATIONS IN TARABA STATE, THE PROMISSORY NOTE OF THE LAW, THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE ROLE OF RELIGION by Ishaya rBunu (Ph.D Fellow, UNN) ; Habila Katuka, Ph.D; Ibrahim Sersinyang (2025) - 107 THE PARADIGM OF TERRORISTS’OPERATIONS IN TARABA STATE, THE PROMISSORY NOTE OF THE LAW, THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE ROLE OF RELIGION Ishaya rBunu (Ph.D Fellow, UNN) Lecturer Department of Christian Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Taraba State Univeristy, Jalingo (ishayabrunu@gmail.com) & Habila Katuka, Ph.D Lecturer Department of Christian Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Taraba State Univeristy, Jalingo (katukashock@gmail.com) & Ibrahim Sersinyang Department of Christian Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Taraba State Univeristy, Jalingo ABSTRACT Hitherto, terrorists in Taraba State have engaged in the nefarious act of bombing of facilities, leading to the loss of many lives and destruction of property. However, in recent times, there has been a growing concern over the changing dynamism and paradigm shift in the trends and patternsof terrorist activities, especiallyin Taraba State. Keywords: activities; banditry; boko; government; haram; national; nigeria; people; security; state; taraba; taraba state; terrorism; vol
• MACABRE DANCE OF MASQUERADES IN OUR POLITICAL SQUARE: AN EXPLORATION OF THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION AND POLITICS IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA by Habila Katuka, Ph.D; John Moses Maikomo, Ph.D (2025) - Notably, the needs of these religious leaders appear to align more closely with the aspirations of political leaders, thereby fostering a connection between the two groups. This situation highlights the necessity of investigating the reasons behind the endorsement of political candidates by religious leaders, who are often perceived as mere instruments in the political arena. Keywords: candidates; christian; council; leaders; leadership; muslim; needs; nigeria; northeastern; politicians; region; religion
• ETHNIC CHAUVINISM AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL. by Emmanuel Adetokunbo OGUNDELE (2025) - In these cases, individuals or groups take up arms to attack and kill members of opposing ethnic groups. However, the structural development of Nigeria is hindered by the persistence of ethnic chauvinism, which impedes equitable access to developmental opportunities. Keywords: chauvinism; conflict; development; ethnicity; group; individuals; national; nigeria; patriotism
• PEACE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA, A PRACTICAL ANTIDOTE TO VIOLENCE APPROACH IN SCHOOLS AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE by OKAFOR, GABRIEL OGECHI Ph.D (2025) - Peace education in nigeria, a practical antidote to violence… 149 Another challenge facing peace education in Nigerian schools is inadequate funding of both materials and human resources on the part of government for effective teaching and learning. Interesting issues such as the meaning of peace, challenges of peace education and peace educators were studied. Keywords: education; nigeria; peace; peace education; schools; society; violence; war
• ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AS A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY IN URHOBOLAND by Omorovie Ikeke; Kenneth N Agetue (2025) - Environmental pollution is the injection into the atmosphere, land, or marine bodies of poisonous or unhealthy substances or elements. Some of the negative effects of environmental pollution are that it can lead to health problems, environmental degradation, climate change, degradation of social infrastructure, occupational hazards, and impede human security, which is necessary for people to obtain an optimal good life. Keywords: delta; environmental; gas; health; life; nigeria; oil; people; pollution; security; urhoboland
• THE NEXUS OF PHILOSOPHY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIA’S DEMOCRATIC EXPERIENCE by Victor Ogheneochuko JEKO., Ph.D (2025) - Nigeria should create the atmosphere for an economically enabling environment through the instrumentality of national philosophy. Philosophy plays a critical role in galvanizing any country’s quest for national development. Keywords: corruption; country; development; good; governance; human; journal; leadership; national; national development; nigeria; philosophy; society
• PENSION PAYMENT IN NIGERIA CHALLENGES AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS by Uchenna Ofondu E. (2025) - Pension laws have been codified and enacted by the appropriate arm of government. More stringent law against non-remittance of deductions: Pension laws should be tightened, especially, with regard to non-remittance of deductions by MDAs and other corporate bodies. Keywords: government; nigeria; payment; pension; pensioners; people; retirees; service; worker
• NIGERIAN SURVIVAL IN THE EMERGING ‘SAPA’ CULTURE AND ADMINISTRATION THE MARXIAN INTERROGATION by Philip Osarobu ISANBOR; Paul Olorunsola FOLORUNSO (2025) - Marxism’s focus on economic systems does not sufficiently address how corruption and weak institutions amplify economic inequality and perpetuate poverty. Keywords: Class struggle, Capitalism, Development, Economic inequality, Marxism, Sapa. Keywords: class; culture; isanbor; marx; nigeria; philosophy; production; sapa; society; struggle; youths
• DEMOCRACY AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA A CRITICAL ANALYSIS by Justus Isaac Ph. D (2025) - Democracy is difficult to define, not every political system claims to be a socialist system, but even communist systems claim to be democracies (International encyclopedia of social science 1972). Democracy system is dynamic but attainable. Keywords: democracy; democratic; governance; nigeria; people; power; rule; system
• DEFORESTATION IN AWKA METROPOLIS VIOLATING AFRICAN ECO-THEOLOGY AND HUMAN WELLBEING by KENECHI NNAEMEKA AFUNUGO; CHUKWUKAMMA, KINGSLEY .E. (2025) - Integrating tree preservation into urban development plans will promote environmental health and align Awka Metropolis with global standards of sustainable real estate management. Costanza et al. (2007) also assert that a person's relationship with their environment, natural and built, is vital to HWB, as ecological health directly supports human health and productivity. Keywords: african; anambra; awka; deforestation; earth; eco; environment; erosion; forests; health; igbo; land; loss; metropolis; nature; nigeria; state; theology
• THE SETTLEMENT OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF CANAAN LESSON FOR THE NIGERIA NATION by EKENEDILICHUKWU A. OKOLO, PhD; OZIEZI CHRISTIAN, PhD (2025) - Evidently, understanding, brotherliness, accommodation and patriotism are the hallmark for peaceful and harmonious coexistence among people from different ethnicity and tribe. National unity emphasizes the oneness and acceptance of other parts of the country and other ethnic groups as part and parcel of the country. Keywords: control; country; interest; israel; land; nation; nigeria; resource; restructuring; tribes
• BETWEEN RECOGNITION AND INCLUSION RETHINKING MULTICULTURALISM IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRATIC LANDSCAPE by Prof. Ogundare, Z. B.; Dr. (Mrs) Owoyemi, D. O. (2025) - owoyemi.deborah@eksu.edu.ng ABSTRACT Multicultural democracy often promises political recognition for diverse cultural groups, yet such recognition rarely translates into substantive inclusion within state institutions. These deficiencies call for a fundamental rethinking of multiculturalism, one that moves beyond recognition to structurally embedded forms of political inclusion. Keywords: cultural; democracy; governance; inclusion; multiculturalism; nigeria; recognition; state
• GENDER, LAND OWNERSHIP, AND DEVELOPMENT A SOCIAL RELATIONS ANALYSIS OF WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES IN IGBOLAND, NIGERIA. by Hyginus Chibuike Ezebuilo; Peter Sixtus Emenike (2025) - Enhancing the role of women in crop production: A case study of Igbo women in Nigeria. However, women face structural barriers that limit their access to land financing and ownership:  Limited access to credit: Women are less likely to secure loans for land purchase due to lack of collateral, as most family properties are registered under male names (Adegoke et al., 2016). Keywords: development; economic; gender; igboland; inequality; institutions; kabeer; land; nigeria; ownership; policies; relations; social; women

• POLITICAL EXCLUSION AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AFRICA by Hyginus Chibuike EZEBUILO (2021) - The results of this study suggests that ethnic group political exclusion is a key element in the generation of domestic terrorism and, therefore, policies aimed at fostering inclusiveness could be a useful counterterrorism tool. Furthermore, ethnic group political exclusion is a more consistent and substantive predictor of domestic terrorist activity than general political repression or economic discrimination. Keywords: africa; attacks; exclusion; experience; government; grievances; groups; inclusion; people; power; state; study; terrorism; violence
• TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE HUMANISM by M. E. ABAM, Ph.D. (2021) - Assassinations, kidnappings, terrorism, corruption, genocides to mention but a few all mitigate our search for global humanism. If global humanism must be attained, it is pertinent we imbibe these African virtues of one being his brother's keeper as exemplified in the dignity placed on human worth. Keywords: african; community; ehusani; humanism; live; people; philosophy; sense; world
• A BEFITTING LIVING OR BURIAL: PERSPECTIVES OF LIFE AND DEATH IN IGBO ONOTOLOGY by Ratzinger NWOBODO, Ph.D. (2021) - However, death in Igbo culture could be divided into Ezi onwu (good death) and onwu ojoo( bad death) . Ezi onwu (good death) is when a man dies a natural death, by living a good ( ethical) life and being accorded a befitting burial while onwu ojoo (bad death) is when a man dies through accident or disease like leprosy, tuberculosis, swollen Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 1(3), 2021 ISSN: 2786-9792 9 stomach, small pox etc. Keywords: ancestors; burial; dead; death; igbo; life; living; man; people; person; spirit
• RETHINKING THE PRIMITIVISM IN YORUBA ETHNOMEDICINE FOR CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE by Aanuoluwapo F. SUNDAY, Ph.D. (2021) - This work sets as its problem, the case of primitivism against Yoruba traditional medicine which has made gloomy and dimed its relevance and effectiveness in contemporary times. They discussed Yoruba traditional medicine. Keywords: african; culture; ethnomedicine; health; medicine; people; primitivism; yoruba
• THE AMBIGUITIES OF OKOT P'BITEK'S DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICAN RELIGION by Prof. Ikechukwu Anthony KANU, OSA. (2022) - More so, Okot went further to condemn the use of concepts by African scholars like John S. Mbiti; concepts such as omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscience, eternal, etc., as Christian concepts in replacement for African traditional concepts like great, strong, wise, old, etc., respectively. African religion was understood not the way it is but the way the west could understand it. Keywords: african; god; okot; p'bitek; people; philosophy; religion; scholars
• THEO-PHILOSOPHICAL IMPORT OF “SUBDUE THE EARTH” (GEN.1,28): SUBDUING INSECURITY IN NIGERIA THROUGH CRITICAL THINKING by Evaristus IFEANACHO, Ph.D (2022) - These pillars of what we now understand as the people-centered concept of human security are interrelated and mutually reinforcing. Low education often translates to absence of competitive skill, adequate income, exclusion from participating in vital political and economic and social organizations and relations; lack of access to adequate food and nutrition, housing, health care and efficient public emergency and safety services-all which are element on human security. Keywords: development; earth; education; environmental; fact; human; journal; page; people; public; reason; security; thinking; use
• CULTURAL INTERACTION AND YORÙBÁ TRADITIONAL EPISTEME by Fabidun Francis Kayode; Bade-Afuye Toyin Beatrice (2022) - They also signify numerous themes, events, occasions, and places in Yorùbá culture and history, such as mythic and historical characters, migration stories, and biographies of cultural heroes, ancestors, animals, and such natural phenomena as trees, groves, and rivers. The verses constitute the Yorùbá encyclopedia of knowledge through the interpretation of these texts, and scholars are now examining many deep- seated values and concerns in Yorùbá culture and society (Wande, 1976). Keywords: culture; episteme; ifa; interaction; knowledge; life; people; religion; society; way; yoruba; yorùbá
• BEAUTY AND COMMUNITY LIVING: AN INSIGHT INTO THE ONTOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EMOTAN SCULPTED ARTFORM by Osawaru, Osamede Christopher (2022) - The saying that states that “uyinmwen o gho ose” meaning 'character is beauty' is usually demonstrated in Benin art forms such as in proverbs, music, poems, films, storytelling and oratory, all these are didactic in character as they represent beauty in their own forms. The beauty of Benin Sculpted art works can convey various feelings and messages to the casual observer. Keywords: aesthetics; african; art; beauty; benin; character; emotan; oba; ose; people; person; philosophy
• GOOD GOVERNANCE, PHILOSOPHY AND LEADERSHIP: A PROSPECTIVE TO AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by Mbachu A. Austin, (PhD) (2022) - Philosophy motivates for social development social development requires motivation especially with reference to re-orientation. Philosophy underscores social development philosophy underscores the improvement of life for the people of any given society, the development and advancement of the society. Keywords: african; development; good; governance; human; leadership; life; orientation; people; philosophers; philosophy; poverty; society; violence
• WHAT DO WE DO WITH AFRICAN COMMUNALISM? by Ike Odimegwu; Christopher Ogugua (2024) - Keywords: Communalism, African communalism, African philosophy, foundations of philosophy, development. Hence, this paper undertakes conceptual dialogue with the various participants in the symposium on African communalism in order to unpack the confusion of reference and ascertain what foundation and service communalism as an African philosophy can constitute for and render to the present and future of African development. Keywords: african; communalism; community; people; philosophy; scholars; societies; society
• POLITICAL AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS: A BEDROCK FOR SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY? by Emenike PeterSixtus; Anthony Izuchukwu Ezeobele (2024) - Political awareness leads to readiness for political participation. Keywords: Political Awareness, Political Participation, Rendering Technical, Social Sustainability, Inclusion. Keywords: awareness; community; development; individual; intervention; journal; knowledge; participation; people; politics; social; society; understanding
• THE FOLLY OF WORTHLESS ALLIANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN ISAIAH 30:1-17 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHRISTIANS TODAY by Bitrus Gando Isaac (2024) - Abstract This paper employs the Grammatical-Historical approach to examine the folly of forming futile alliances of the people of God (Israel), as described in the prophetic book of Isaiah 30:1-17. Keywords: Folly, Worthless Alliance, People of God, Isaiah. Keywords: 30:1; alliance; biblesoft; egypt; god; help; isaiah; israel; judah; lord; people; qal; translated; trust; verb; verse; word
• ARCHITECTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: AFRICAN CONSIDERATION OF SPATIAL AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT by ONAH, Aloysius Uchechukwu (2024) - In any case, traditional African architecture envisaged communal life in the same way modern architecture is planning for a more cohesive society where provisions are made for the establishment of different sectors that will cater to the multiple needs of human beings. To achieve its purpose, authorities have provided development plans and building plans. Keywords: architecture; beings; building; construction; environment; house; human; igbo; nature; people; plan; use
• DEMOCRACY AND AFRICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS by Elijah Okon John, Prof.; Ekpema Udofia Nkanang, Ph.D (2024) - The work also establishes that African democracy ought to be modelled and influenced by African ideology of communalism, which entails egalitarianism. The nature of African democracy reflects the nature of African system and thought. Keywords: africa; citizens; democracy; development; freedom; government; language; people; politics; power; problems; society; system
• ON THE HEAVY BURDEN OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA by Nicholas Onyemechi Alumona, PhD (2024) - Key Words: African development, Africa's development, heavy burden, ethnocentrism, syncretism, globalism Introduction The need to develop Africa has continued to generate ideas from scholars and policy makers alike. While the particularists who believe in African development see nothing wrong with an approach of development that is traditional to a people with certain peculiarities, the Universalists who are advocates of Africa's development support generality in addressing development problems confronting the entire human race, regardless of our different origins, cultures and orientations. Keywords: african; alumona; burden; countries; cultures; development; market; people; philosophy; values; world
• THE CONCEPT OF DEATH IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF AFRICAN WORLDVIEW by Dr. James N. Nnoruga (2024) - Kinds of Death The notion of death in Africa can also be understood clearly from the way the Africans clarify deaths. The Notion of Death: African Perspective The African people like other people in other continents of the world, fear or dread the occurrence of death at any time, and the causes of death are normally searched for especially when the explanation is not visible to members of the family, even when it is visible the intension behind it, is sought by the living members of the family. Keywords: african; burial; ceremonies; dead; death; funeral; people; person; world
• COMMUNITARIANISM IN ACHEBE'S ARROW OF GOD by Idubamo Daniel Agbada (2024) - Keywords: Arrow of GodCommunitarianism, individual, Achebe, community, INTRODUCTION “Communitarianism is a social philosophy that, in contrast to theories that emphasize the centrality of the individual, emphasizes the importance of society in articulating the good.” Achebe expressed communitarian ideas in by showing the Arrow of God relationship between the individual and community as a good number of scholars have done; only that Achebe situates these ideas in Eastern Nigeria as a brilliant and entertaining work of literature. Keywords: achebe; arrow; communitarianism; community; ezeulu; god; individual; people; society; umuaro
• THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE SOCIO-SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION (ANIMATION) OF THE WORLD IN THE LIGHT OF GAUDIUM ET SPES (GS) 43 by Mark Omorovie Ikeke, PhD (2024) - They are spirit, Christianity, socio- spiritual, transformation, animation, world, and Gaudium et Spes (GS). The final term that requires definition here is “world.” Keywords: catholic; christianity; church; god; jesus; life; people; spirit; work; world
• WHAT IS IN A (SUR)NAME? IGBOS AND THE GRADUAL OBLITERATION OF THEIR IDENTITY: A CAUSE FOR CONCERN by Modestus Anyaegbu, PhD (2025) - Those titles had Igbo names and meanings attached to them through which they conveyed the conviction, the traditional values and history of the people. It must not be forgotten that Igbo names are self-explanatory and self-identifying. Keywords: change; child; culture; family; identity; igbo; language; lineage; people; surnames; titles
• EPISTEMICIDE AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: RETHINKING KNOWLEDGE FOR PROGRESS by Aguinam, Callistus C. ; Asadu, Godfrey C. PhD. (2025) - The next section would examine how this mentality was developed through destruction of African knowledge. African knowledge was greatly disfigured with its contact with the West. Keywords: african; development; epistemicide; knowledge; level; nations; people; way
• OPEN WOUND AND THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR A METAPHORICAL READING OF KAINENE’S LOSS IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. by Iwunze Davidson Chimezie (Ph.D) (2025) - There is a notion that some parts of the nation are marginalized which is attributed to the effects of Nigerian civil war. ISSN: 2786-9792 93 eventually metamorphosed into civil war with its attendant trauma. Keywords: adichie; civil; half; igbos; kainene; loss; nigerian; people; trauma; war; wound
• PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION A PARADIGM FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Ushingio, Peter Ushingio,; Chukwu, Paul Ogbonna (2025) - This paper points out that even though there are many attempts made, and methods employed to resolve conflict, and great efforts have been made in our climes regarding global peace, world peace, conflict avoidance, conflict management and conflict resolutions, we still experience disasters, mayhem, acrimony, wars which have taken a toll on many nations’ development. Keywords: Peace, Conflict resolution, Ibuanyidanda noetic propaedeutic, National development. Keywords: conflict; development; human; ibuanyidanda; mind; nation; noetic; peace; people; philosophy; propaedeutic

• A THOMISTIC INTERPRETATION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL UNITY by Victoria OpenifOluwa AKOLEOWO (2021) - A closer analysis of Noelliste’s definition of theological education highlights the fact that theological education is education which is geared towards a particular purpose, which is the transformation of individuals. Abstract This paper contends that theological education promotes national unity when it recognizes the need to construct a notion of ‘the common good’ as the basis of national unity. Keywords: education; god; good; human; knowledge; religion; society; unity; world
• AN ASSESSMENT OF THE THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS by Anthony Ugochukwu NWOKOYE (2021) - On his clarification and distinction of environmental ethics from other new applied philosophies, Rolston avers that; Environmental ethics is more radical in applying ethics outside the sector of human interests. Abstract Environmental issues have become problematic over the years, ranging from the conflicting theories of environmental ethics to the appropriate ethics suitable in addressing environmental problems. Keywords: ecosystem; environmental; ethics; human; nature; new; nonhuman; philosophy; species; value
• OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF DEATH: A CLUE FROM AN ONTOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN HEIDEGGER AND SARTRE by Isaac Chidi IGWE Ph.D. (2021) - The Igwe Overcoming the Fear of Death: A Clue from an Ontological 2 adjectives 'biological and corporeal' are meant to distinguish the nature of death under consideration as against what I call the consolatory view that those who died, still live in a way; or as against the notion of life as a prison of the soul. The Phenomenon of Death While there are those who see death as a cessation of life which reality does not come into being the very day it occurs but had always being present since the day life assumes its being; there are others who believe it is a closing of human earthly account and a mere passage to another form of life. Keywords: death; existence; fear; heidegger; human; life; man; meaning; possibility; sartre
• ARISTOTELIAN ETHICS ON HUMAN HAPPINESS AND PLEASURE by Barnabas TURMAN ; Philip ISANBOR (2021) - Hence, to Aristotle, morality of human pleasure and happiness is a content of reason of one's choice or action as a determinant of one's rationality and intelligibility. With morality or the employment of ethical principles, the society defines or categorises human actions (good or bad, virtuous or vicious), and then determines the ways the human person has to live, corresponding to his or her moral decisions and responsibilities. Keywords: actions; aristotle; ethics; good; happiness; human; isanbor; pleasure
• ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: REVISITING THE PARADIGM SHIFT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION by Charles B. BEREBON, Ph.D ; Judith G. GWATANA (2022) - There are catalogues of environmental disciplines from numerous faculties of human research such as environmental philosophy and ethics, environmental epidemiology, environmental microbiology, geography, environmental management, economics, and more. Environmental philosophy involves the reflection of nature which transcends the question about the 'ought' and 'is' of the natural world. Keywords: activities; climate; degradation; environment; ethics; human; life; nature; philosophy
• VIRTUE IN THE DIVINE COMMAND THEORY OF ETHICS FROM THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE SCHOLARS by Abubakar Zaria IBRAHIM, Ph.D (2022) - In philosophy, virtue was not only human quality or moral virtue, but also the quality of anything in the performance of its needed function. The VIRTUE IN THE DIVINE COMMAND THEORY OF ETHICS FROM THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE SCHOLARS Abubakar Zaria IBRAHIM, Ph.D 63 criterion for distinguishing moral commands from such non-moral directives as religious commands can be provided by philosophical analysis of the concept of morality. Keywords: abdullahi; command; divine; ethics; god; human; morality; scholars; sokoto; theory; virtue
• NEGLECT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE BANE OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by Chinyere C. EMEDO, PhD; Johnkingsley N. EMEDO (2022) - “ The use of AI machines in the market applications such as online trading and decision making has changed major economic theories. Therefore, as AI application accelerates across many 78 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 2 Issue 1 2022-June ISSN: 2786-9792 sectors, it is vital that we reimaging our educational institutions for a world where AI will be ubiquitous and students need a different kind of training they currently receive. Keywords: africa; countries; development; emedo; government; human; intelligence; technology; use; world
• DEATH(ISU): SUSPENDED ANIMATION PROGRAMME IN EBIRA TAO THOUGHT by Salaudin USMAN Ph.D; Benedict MICHAEL, Ph.D (2022) - Keywords: Animation, Death, Pragmatic, Ratiocinative, Existential Introduction Birth, death and hereafter or life-after-death forms the most fundamental thought- provoking phenomena which impact on humankind in the physical and spiritual life existence. The paper apart from the introduction is divided into five parts, the first examine the notion of human existence, section two looks at the universal conception of death, while the third section looks at African notion of death, section four looks at Death as Transitional Process in African (Ebira Tao) Thought, this will be followed by the fifth section which examines Life- After-Death as Basis for Suspended Animation Process in African Metaphysics, this will be followed by conclusion. Keywords: african; death; ebira; ebira tao; human; life; living; man; philosophy; print; tao; world
• “Eudaimonism” in Classical West and East as Philosophy of Education Today by Justin Nnaemeka ONYEUKAZIRI, (PhD) (2022) - Eudaimonistic Nature of Confucian Education The Confucian Analects (���Z), begins with the question of 「�W��」 (studying and learning/practice). From, the loving experience among family members and kin, 「�塾H」, as it could be found in the text 《��Z》 and 《左��》, to「��人」(“love humanity or human love”). Keywords: education; end; good; human; life; person; philosophy; soul; � �
• Ecofeminism Reconceives Feminism in Potential Ecological Feminism by Dr. Dinebari David Vareba; Dr. Charles Barivule Berebon (2022) - According to a report of Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), the Adrift Fortunes: Testimonies of Women in Oil Polluted Communities of the Niger Delta, women worldwide typically hold less monetary wealth and rely on the natural environment more, they are more likely to be displaced by climate change and have to travel farther for resources, like water, as dry seasons extend. Ecofeminism, therefore, as a way of repairing social and ecological injustice, calls on women to work towards creating a healthy environment and ending the destruction of lands that most women, especially rural women rely on to provide for their families (Vareba et al, 2019, p. 18). Keywords: domination; ecofeminism; environmental; ethic; feminist; human; logic; nature; women
• MORAL ISSUES IN GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN YORUBA CULTURE by Omotayo, O. A.; Fasoro, J.O. (2022) - The cultural practices among the Yoruba people that are the focus of this paper relates to gender discrimination which manifests in female genital mutilation, widowhood rites and preference for male children. Keywords: Morality, Gender discrimination, Widowhood rites, Female genital mutilation, Preference for male children. Keywords: children; female; gender; human; male; practices; society; widowhood; women; yoruba
• THE CHALLENGE OF CHRISTIAN FEMINISM IN URHOBOLAND by Omorovie Ikeke; Toma Brume (2023) - Otite (2021) writes about Urhobo women thus: With their failure of lack of strong will to resist their subordinate status and 84 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 3 Issue 2, 2023 ISSN: 2786-9792 December role, women help to elect more men than women to the Senate, the House of Representatives, State Houses of Assembly, and even the Local Government Councils in Nigeria. Women could touch Jesus for healing; He was not too sacred to be touched by women and ate with them unlike the Rabbis of His day who accused Him of eating with a sinner. Keywords: bible; christian; culture; discrimination; education; feminism; gender; human; jesus; paper; rights; society; urhoboland; women
• IMMANUEL KANT'S CONCEPT OF HUMAN DIGNITY: A PANECEA FOR POLICE BRUTALITY IN NIGERIA by Nnajiofo Osita; Unadike Chimezie (2023) - It is on the strength of the above that this work employs the method of analysis to investigate the origin, the causes and effects of police brutality in Nigeria. A PANECEA FOR POLICE BRUTALITY IN NIGERIA Nnajiofo Osita Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Keywords: beings; brutality; dignity; end; force; human; kant; nigerian; police
• NAVIGATING THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH CAROL GILIGHAN'S ETHICS OF CARE by ONYIAH, Stephen Chukwuemeka; NDUBISI, Ejikemeuwa J. O.; KANU, Ikechukwu Anthony (2024) - Just as drug companies undergo rigorous checks before releasing products, AI developments should be strictly regulated to ensure their safe interaction with society and prevent them from getting out of human control (Noah, 2023). In the context of AI development, this perspective underscores the significance of human-centered design principles that prioritize the well-being and agency of individuals affected by AI systems. Keywords: artificial; care; carol; development; ethics; gilligan; human; implications; intelligence; morality; women
• THE USE OF FEAR IN ANIMAL RIGHTS DISCOURSE: AN ETHICAL PRAGMATIST APPROACH by AKANDE Michael Aina, Ph.D (2024) - The use of rational fear in discourse is known as 'Fearism'. This is a philosophical theory that pertains to the use of rational fear rather than brute fear to create caution or overcome obstacles in human affairs. Keywords: animals; cruelty; fear; human; life; love; philosophy; rights; strategy; use; yoruba
• AN EVALUATION OF GLOBAL WARMING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS by Victor Ogheneochuko Jeko., Ph.D; Odigie Ndidi Joseph (2024) - The findings of this paper are that international cooperation is fundamental in mitigating the challenges of global warming; nature is an integral part of human beings and sentient beings. In concurrence with Baradat's above theoretical position, Hoffman and Graham (2009, 363-364) further argued that “whereas environmentalists share a post-Enlightenment belief in the uniqueness of the human perspective on the world—that is, they place human beings above, or outside, nature—ecologists challenge that philosophical position, maintaining that human life only has value insofar as it is a 'knot' in the 'net' of life, a net which connects together not only non- human animals, but non-sentient entities, such as trees, rivers and mountains”. Keywords: ecologism; environment; environmentalism; ethics; graham; hoffman; human; nature; warming; world
• AUTONOMY'S DOMINION: RONALD DWORKIN'S ARGUMENTS ON ABORTION by Celestine Edozie Anyaorah, Ph.; Solomon Eyesan, Ph.D (2024) - Instead, he suggests that these debates should be re-conceptualised to reflect a recognition that what propels them is an essentially religious disagreement about the intrinsic value of human life (Shiffrin, 2004, 195).With regard to abortion, John D. Inazu in his 2012 essay, “The Limits of Integrity,” points out that Dworkin identifies three values at issue in the constitutional debate over abortion: (I) law as integrity; (II) the rights and interests of persons; and (III) the sacredness of human life. The last value that Dworkin regards in his interpretation of the problem of abortion is the sacredness of human life. Keywords: abortion; dworkin; foetus; god; human; law; life; right
• METAPHYSICAL DUALISM IN EBOH: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXPOSÉ by Rev. Fr. John Justice Nwankwo, Ph.D (2024) - Human life on earth is life at the stage of continuous becoming until it reaches its perfect state of living as a pure soul. In its dynamic nature, human life looks forward to a higher level of existence called transcendental life. Keywords: death; dualism; eboh; human; life; living; philosophy; soul
• RETHINKING JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: A PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY by Valentine Ojiegbe (2024) - Drawing upon theories of environmental justice and legal pluralism, it proposes a transformative framework centered on principles of distributive, procedural, and recognition justice. This critical juncture demands a paradigm shift in environmental justice. Keywords: development; enforcement; environmental; human; justice; laws; nature; regulations; rights; value
• ENGAGING THE IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING THROUGH THE IDEA OF RELATIONAL WELL-BEING by Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi, Ph.D. (2025) - But being well is a concept that is applied to human beings, whereas well-being is a wider concept Lawrence Ogbo Engaging the Idea of Sustainable well-being through the Idea… 96 that needs a broad interpretation and categorisation to explain it sufficiently. A particular way of locating this is to locate the variations in the psychological make-up of human beings. Keywords: demands; group; human; idea; individual; life; personality; psychological; society; wellbeing
• HEIDEGGER AND THE EFFECTS OF WESTERN TECHNOLOGY ON AFRICAN VALUES by Modestus Anyaegbu PhD (2025) - Drawing primarily from his seminal work The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, it will be discovered that modern technology is a revealing in the sense of challenging that unlocks what is hidden in nature to transform, store and control it. This means that modern technology is using nature as a “reserve,” a “standing-reserve” ready at hand. Keywords: african; heidegger; human; man; nature; technology; values; world
• METAMODERNISM THROUGH THE LENSES OF EPISTEMOLOGY by Ovwata Success Onojieruo (2025) - Whether in the form of artificial intelligence, or virtual realities; the metamodern ideology draws its rooting deep into these salient yet less engaged areas of human reality. This meant that philosophy had to deal with the world as it were, rather than appeal to some abstract and metaphysical phenomenon which had no bearing on human reality. Keywords: culture; epistemology; form; human; idea; knowledge; metamodernism; new; philosophy; postmodernism; reality; social
• DIVINE CREATION VERSUS HUMAN INNOVATION CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Dr. Christian Maduabuchi Umeanwe (2025) - Human innovation, including AI development, is seen as a reflection of God's creative spirit. This discussion explores the theological implications of AI development, examining how Christian religious perspectives inform our understanding of AI's potential, limitations, and ethical considerations. Keywords: christian; creation; human; innovation; intelligence
• EXPLORING BELONGINGNESS AS A COMMON STRAND IN AFROMODALS by Jude I. Onebunne, PhD (2025) - It offers an epistemic lens through which African identity is not only affirmed but dynamically cultivated within community contexts (Gyekye, 1997). It provides an epistemic perspective in which African identity is both confirmed and actively developed in the context of community (Gyekye, 1997). Keywords: afromodals; belongingness; community; existence; human; identity; iroegbu; onebunne; philosophy; reality; strand

• AN ASSESSMENT OF KWASI WIREDU'S DEMOCRACY AND CONSENSUS IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL POLITICS: A PLEA FOR A NON PARTY POLITY. by Mayokun Joyce OLOWONIYI (2021) - This paper seeks to examine Wiredu's idea of consensual democracy through the assessment of his claim about common interest and rational discussion for substantive representation. The first entails an overview of the traditional accounts of Wiredu on the idea of consensual democracy. Keywords: african; consensus; democracy; society; traditional; wiredu
• KWASI WIREDU AND THE AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT QUAGMIRE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS by Gabriel ASUQUO; Augustine Ibrahim MUSA (2022) - The challenge of self-definition is identified in blending the positive aspects of African culture with other cultures, while that of development is found in the cultivation of a rational outlook of life, scientific and technical advancement. What readily comes to mind is the question, how can this blend take place without Western dominating and assimilating African culture? Keywords: african; contemporary; culture; development; kwasi; philosophy; project; self; society; traditional; wiredu
• PATRIARCHAL INFLUENCE ON THE RIGHT OF WOMEN OVER THEIR BODIES by Mayokun Joyce OLOWONIYI (2022) - It aims at submitting that there is a need to merge patriarchy with women freedom as a blend for the development of our society so that the women will at least be able to live as human. Hence, there is the need to merge patriarchy with a 'limited version of women freedom' as a blend for the development of our society. Keywords: african; culture; gender; proverbs; society; women; yoruba
• THE ROLE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IN THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN SOCIETY by Ratzinger E. E. NWOBODO, Ph.D (2022) - African families are increasingly faced with the challenge and pressure emanating from the competition prevailing between traditional and modern family values. It is marked by the reorientation of family values from extended families to smaller family sizes (Nuclear). Keywords: african; changes; children; culture; families; family; marriage; modernity; practices; role; society; values
• FLIPSIDE CRITICISM OF THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF OLUNDE AND PILKINGS IN WOLE SOYINKA'S DEATH AND THE KING'S HORSEMAN by Chinedu Nwadike; Florence Orabueze; Stella Okoye-Ugwu (2024) - This is because flipside literary theory only recently emerged as another tool of literary criticism. (c) Is the disposition of the flipside protagonist towards other flipside characters favourable and empowering, favourable and disempowering, unfavourable and empowering or unfavourable and disempowering? Keywords: characters; criticism; death; horseman; king; olunde; pilkings; research; society; soyinka; theory
• THE ETHICS OF NUDITY AND WOMAN DIGNITY IN THE MEDIA by Ikea, Chidimma S., Ph.D (2024) - Abstract This paper looks at the ethics of nudity and woman dignity in the contemporary society. Keywords: Nudity, woman, woman dignity, ethics, media. Keywords: body; dignity; female; issue; media; nudity; society; women; words
• OCHICHI NCHIGBU AND SIT-TIGHTISM IN CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA: A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION by Jude Chibuzo Udenkwo (2025) - African states thus became battlegrounds where ethnic groups of varying sizes and strengths contended for political power and economic dominance. Over the years, the question as to ‘why and how’ African dictators continue to have a stronghold to political power against the will of the ruled has been recurring in a consistent consistency. Keywords: africa; democracy; dictatorship; leaders; nchigbu; ochichi; philosophy; politics; power; sit; society; states; tightism
• METAMODERNISM AND THE QUESTION OF PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Ovwata Success Onojieruo; Idubamo Daniel Agbada (2025) - On this note, private information which falls as confidential data when handled by an organisation, company, group, or government must only be released with the obtained consent of the individual holding such privacy right, or a duly obtained waiver, subject to specific usage and restricted from public access. Privacy rights. Keywords: confidentiality; data; digital; government; individual; information; metamodernism; privacy; private; question; right; social; society

• REVIEWING MODERN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF NIETZSCHE’S IRRATIONALISM by Oreoluwa Idris ADESANYA (2021) - Scientific knowledge is esteemed to be a systematic inquiry, which emphasizes the superiority of human reason over human intuitions, instincts and impulses. As fallout of Nietzsche’s irrationalist doctrines is the contention that the enterprise of science can be more comprehensive in terms of approach and method by acknowledging and adopting the irrational sources of human knowledge. Keywords: irrationalism; knowledge; life; nature; nietzsche; philosophy; rationality; reason; science
• RE-CONCEPTUALISING AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY AS DEVELOPMENTAL TOOL IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION by Akinpelu A. OYEKUNLE, Ph.D (2022) - AQUINO)-2022 Abstract: This paper problematises the definition challenge for African philosophy and attempts an analytical reconceptualization of African Philosophy. A caveat to note, however, is that the attempt at conceptualizing African Philosophy is not an apologia of the existence of African philosophy. Keywords: africa; challenges; dimension; factors; identity; life; objective; philosophy; view
• RE-MYTHOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF REINCARNATION IN BENIN TRADITION by Charles EHISIENMEN (2022) - The work re-mythological concept of reincarnation in Benin tradition is very important that the researcher discuss the concept of reincarnation, history of Benin, concept of death and reincarnation, life before and after death, symbol in Benin traditional reincarnation and the implication of reincarnation. Osaretin Ekhator (personal interview, 2022) Concept of Reincarnation in Benin Religion; Baptist Baptist College of Theology Benin City. Keywords: benin; death; life; person; reincarnation; tradition
• THE INTERACTION AMONG DESTINIES AS THE DETERMINANT OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN LIFE: A FURTHER REFLECTION ON YORUBA TRADITIONAL THOUGHT by Akande Michael AINA, Ph.D; Motadegbe Adewale OLUWASENU (2022) - In all these one good explanation is the concept of adayeba which takes into consideration how collective efforts or interaction of individual destiny can be responsible for failure or success. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY-4TH-EDITION (AQUINO)-2022 Abstract The debate on human destiny and its relationship to freedom, responsibility, legality and morality is an ongoing discussion. Keywords: character; destiny; efforts; failure; good; individual; life; ori; success; yoruba
• THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN NATIONAL COHESION: A REFLECTION ON GABRIEL MARCEL'S INTERSUBJECTIVITY by Terfa Kahaga Anjov, PhD; Justine Peter Galleh ; Godwin Aondover Gbande (2022) - Thus, Intersubjectivity in Marcel's thought is similar to the Zulu concept of Ubuntu and Tiv philosophy of Ya na Angbian The Society and Human Existence Africa generally is the most conflict-ridden region of the world and the only region in which the number of armed conflicts is on the increase (Dokubo and Oluwadare, 2011). The Role of Philosophy of Social Sciences in National Cohesion... Intersubjectivity in Marcel is the relation between two subjects. Keywords: hope; intersubjectivity; life; love; man; marcel; philosophy; relationship; thou; world
• JEAN PAUL SARTRE’S ABSOLUTE FREEDOM AND ITS ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS by Ebo, Henry Obinze, PhD; Okewu, Michael Peter (2024) - Human freedom is seen by Sartre in terms of negation, nihilation and nothingness. 40 Absolutism of Freedom in Sartre’s Existentialism Sartre is usually misunderstood as having an exaggerated view of human freedom, no doubt because of the claims in the “Existentialism and Humanism” lecture that there is no determinism; we are free, we are freedom, we are condemned to be free. Keywords: euthanasia; existence; freedom; god; life; man; paul; sartre; suicide
• CHRISTIANITY AND MARXISM: THE CHURCH’S VIEW by TITUS ALIYU, Ph.D. (2024) - Abstract One of the ideological confusion of our time is the claim that Christianity and Marxism should have come to be regarded as mutually compatible, not only by some members of left-wing organizations and movements, but also within certain sectors of the Church itself. Indeed, some enthusiasts go so far as to say that Christianity and Marxism complement each other, and at the extreme end of the scale, there are a number of pundits who posited that they are fundamentally identical. Keywords: christianity; church; god; humanism; life; man; marxism; religion; world
• THE DIGNITY OF LIFE IN THE LIGHT OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER’S PHILOSOPHY OF REVERENCE FOR LIFE by Okewu Michael Peter (2025) - As Western civilization moved toward industrialization and technological progress, Schweitzer believed that humanity began to view life, including human life, through a mechanistic lens. This calls for a rethinking of practices like factory farming, animal experimentation, and environmental destruction, all of which involve the exploitation and suffering of non-human life (Schweitzer, 1954). Keywords: beings; life; living; philosophy; reverence; schweitzer
• “ENTERING THROUGH THE NARROW GATE” (MATT. 7:13): TOWARDS REINVIGORATING THE SPIRITUAL COMMITMENT OF THE NIGERIAN CATHOLIC KNIGHTS by Evaristus Ifeanacho, PhD (2025) - According to the Catechism of Catholic Church, “the way of Christ ‘leads to life’; a contrary way ‘leads to destruction’ (Mt 7:13). Keywords: Laity, Catholic Church, knighthood, spiritual commitment, evangelization. Keywords: catholic; christ; church; faithful; holy; knights; laity; life; order; way
• STOICISM ORIGINS, EVOLUTION, AND RELEVANCE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY by Modupe Ola Jumoke Adu (2025) - He is credited with organizing Stoic philosophy into three interrelated fields of ethics, physics and logic.  Ethics: Eudaimonia, or human flourishing, attained by leading a life of virtue (aretē), was the ultimate goal of Stoic philosophy. Keywords: control; life; philosophy; reason; stoicism; stoics; things
• INTERSECTION OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND CHRISTIANITY THOUGHTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF MUTUAL RELATIONS by Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, PhD (2025) - The adage “A single tree cannot make a forest” finds a potent expression in the Communal character of African life. And because of the place honesty occupies in African life, some elders have conferred titles based on their truthfulness and their ability to dispense justice without fear or favour, and any injustice or unfairness destroyed confidence. Keywords: african; christianity; culture; god; journal; kanu; life; religion; respect; values
• HANS JONAS’ ETHICS OF LIFE A PANACEA TO MODERN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CRISES by Dr. Emmanuel Ukata (2025) - These developments, while beneficial in some respects, have outpaced ethical reflection, resulting in what Jonas describes as a Promethean gap between human power and moral responsibility (Jonas, 1984, pp. First, it emphasizes anticipation: the moral agent must consider not just the immediate consequences of an action but its long-term effects on the viability of human life. Keywords: crises; ethics; future; hans; jonas; life; nature; responsibility

• A PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION ON PLOTINUS’ CONCEPT OF BEAUTY AS AN ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE OF THE SOUL by Justin Nnaemeka ONYEUKAZIRI (2021) - For instance, with respect to the concept of beauty, Yount (2014:49), notes: Both philosophers hold the following claims to be true: beauty is a Form; beauty is similar to but not identical with the Good; one can have a transformative vision of Beauty; the imitator (artist, poet) of Beauty does not know if the imitations are in fact beautiful or how bad his imitations are. 3. Plotinus’ Analysis and Critique of the General Concept of Beauty Plotinus’ concept of beauty is brilliantly exposed in his treatise entitled, On Beauty. Keywords: beauty; form; intellect; person; plotinus; soul; world
• JUXTAPOSITION OF WESTERN, ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN METAPHYSICAL ORIENTATIONS by Gabriel ASUQUO (2021) - African metaphysical orientation is integrative and complementary in the sense that Being is a Binary Complementarity of the opposite i.e. there is a reciprocal relationship between nothing and something. Therefore we can submit that African metaphysical orientations are tilt towards integration, complementarity, and holism. Keywords: african; metaphysics; oriental; orientations; philosophy; things; world
• KOLA NUT IN BONACHRISTUS UMEOGU'S IGBO METAPHYSICS by Hyginus Chibuike EZEBUILO, Ph.D. ; Solomon Ewezuga NWANKWO (2021) - As such, (Ogbalu, 1974:51) argues that, “kola nut is one of the fruits which cannot be removed by the people not even by the Whiteman from Igboland” Critically, irrespective of the distance covered by Igbo kola nut tradition, Umeogu's kolanutology suffers short life span due to its recognition of gender inequality. Nevertheless, the structure, administration and functioning of Igbo society can be observed in Igbo kola nut. Keywords: god; igbo; kola; kola nut; man; nature; nut; oji; reality; umeogu; world
• A CASE FOR CULTURAL RELATIVISM IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD by M.E. ABAM, Ph.D (2022) - JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY-4TH-EDITION (AQUINO)-2022 Abstract It has been argued that cultural relativism has only created greater problems for humanity in the sense that it has helped polarize the world along the line of difference. Put differently, many have argued that, cultural relativism in its many strands, if allowed to stand will plunge the world into a theatre of intolerance and ultimately, conflict. Keywords: culture; language; philosophy; reality; relativism; rorty; truth; world
• THOMAS POGGE'S NOTION OF GLOBAL JUSTICE REASSESSED by ODEY, JETTY JOE I. ; ANTHONY C. AREJI, Ph.D ; EZE, CHIMA FIDELIS ; ADEJOH, FLORENCE EKE (2022) - If it is really the major cause of global poverty what can be said of other poor countries that made it out of the same level of poverty with other countries under the same global institutional order? Accordingly, it is Reitberger's (2008) view that it is a flaw in Pogge's analysis that when it counts out the possible causes for global poverty, it only offers two options: domestic features and the effects of the global institutional system. Keywords: citizens; countries; global; order; pogge; poor; poverty; world
• THE PROBLEM OF ONE AND MANY: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY. by INYAMIGIM, Austin Ntol; John Paul ENEMUO, Ph.D. (2022) - Perhaps by separate or independent existence, Plato meant to show us how there could be many individual things that all have one and the same universal or nature or essence while still being individual. The very fact of existence seen in birth; the coming into life and death- passing away from life informed questions not only about personal destiny but longer questions about how persons and things come into existence can be at different times and pass out of existence only to be followed by other things or persons. Keywords: african; appearance; change; man; philosophy; problem; reality; things; world
• A PHILOSOPHICAL INTERROGATION OF THE RATIONALITY OF RELIGIOUS PRAYERS by Stephen Azubuike Oguji, PhD (2022) - Keywords: Philosophical, Interrogation, Rationality, Religious prayers Introduction The Concept of Prayer One common feature in most religions, especially the Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam is the phenomenon of prayer or supplication. The word prayer can also be used in a non-religious way like in begging for A PHILOSOPHICAL INTERROGATION OF THE RATIONALITY OF RELIGIOUS PRAYERS Stephen Azubuike Oguji, PhD Department of Philosophy Imo State University, Owerri 139 something. Keywords: attributes; change; divine; essence; god; good; nature; petitionary; prayer; way; world
• GLOBALIZATION AND AFRICAN COMMON NORMS: A PHILOSOPHICAL INTROSPECTION by Jude Chibuzo Udenkwo, PhD. (2023) - 'So far as Africa is concerned, norms have developed around salient areas of interrelationship as African societies intermingled, synthetized, fractured, warred, and reconciled, even during the times when most parts of the world was plunged in darkness…' (Rodney, 1972). What one could call 'the primordial interconnectivity and interrelationship within African societies and between African and non-African societies' are proof that inter-group communications have long been occurring in Africa. Keywords: africa; globalization; language; norms; page; societies; trade; women; world
• AN ANALYSIS OF THE KANTIAN FOUNDATION OF HUSSERLIAN TRANSCENDENTAL PHENOMENOLOGY by Prof. Chiedozie Okoro; Sirajudeen Owosho, Ph.D. (2024) - Although, it is possible to interpret Kantian “things in themselves” in a way compatible with Husserl transcendental philosophy, there is still the strong suggestion that they have a causal role in Kant’s epistemology, which Husserl thinks is obscured. With regards to transcendental phenomenology, this paper aims to analyse Kant and Husserl’s similarities and differences, in terms of methodologies and interpretations, with a view to showing that Kant provided the epistemological manure for the fruitful germination of Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology. Keywords: husserl; kant; knowledge; phenomenology; philosophy; transcendental; world
• COSMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS by Agu, Anthony Maria; Rev. Fr. Prof. Bonachristus Umeogu (2024) - This type of universe was proposed by Friedmann and Lemaitre in 1920s but the modern version was developed by George Gamow and his colleagues in 1940s (The New Encyclopedia Britannica). Lemaitre’s expanding universe evolved asymptotically from a closed Einstein’s universe and so did not have a definite origin in time. Keywords: bang; big; christian; cosmology; creation; god; infinite; matter; religion; science; theory; universe; world
• DRUGS COMMONLY ABUSED AROUND THE WORLD by DANIEL JAMES TALI, Ph.D. (2024) - The goal of this study is to find out the meaning of drug abuse, to investigate the theories of drug abuse and to examine the types of drugs that are commonly abused around the world. The study recommends that governments of different countries should have a way of checking to detect the abuse of drugs so as to prevent it, viable laws that would help to check mate the menace of drug abuse should be established and governments of different countries should punish culprits of drug abuse so as to deter them and discourage others from getting involved, among others. Keywords: abuse; brecher; brunn; chinedu; countries; drug; drug abuse; ebie; matowo; ongwae; world
• QUESTIONING GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF LEIBNIZ’S THEODICY by Titus Awukane Afatang; Stephen Chibuikem Okeke (2025) - Undoubtedly, the problem of evil and the question of human suffering in the world have a whole lot of implications for the existence of God, and for the traditional attributes of God. While theists, aside believing in God uphold some fundamental attributes as being essential to God’s nature (such as goodness), some philosophers argue that Titus & Stephen Questioning God’s Omnipotence: A Critical Appraisal… 196 noticeable pain and suffering in the world is inconsistent with the nature of God as described by theists, and so, the reality of evil could even go beyond denying God and or a total dismissal of his existence. Keywords: evil; existence; god; good; leibniz; problem; reason; world

• TOWARDS AFRICA'S TRANSFORMATION IN THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY: A DIALECTICAL APPRAISAL OF AUTHENTIC NATIONHOOD by Sirajudeen OWOSHO, Ph.D. (2021) - Economic reforms among Africa nations must put great emphasis on home-made goods instead of importation of foreign goods. 1 TOWARDS AFRICA'S TRANSFORMATION IN THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY: A DIALECTICAL APPRAISAL OF AUTHENTIC NATIONHOOD Sirajudeen OWOSHO, Ph.D. Abstract The economic, political and socio-cultural realities among African nations reveal a gruesome picture of inauthentic nationhood. Keywords: africa; development; dialectics; history; nation; new; process; self
• COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RATIONALISM AND CRITICAL RATIONALISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR GENERAL STUDIES AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Samuel Otu ISHAYA, Ph.D. (2021) - Karl Popper (2002) on the other hand did not completely disagree with Descartes: for him reason is important in knowledge development but affirms that “there are no ultimate sources of knowledge; every source, every suggestion is welcome; and every source; every suggestion is open to criticism” (p. 35). These are the challenges that rationalism and critical rationalism seek to address: the total liberation of the individuals' mind from the dark world of ignorance to the light of rational knowledge to comprehend reality for self and nation. Keywords: courses; descartes; development; knowledge; philosophy; rationalism; studies
• ACHIEVING AUTHENTIC POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA: A KWAME NKRUMAH'S PHILOSOPHICALAPPROACH. by Rev. Fr. John Justice Nwankwo (2022) - This was what Kwame Nkrumah understood very well and advocated for as a tool for African political development. Prior to African political freedom from colonialism and imperialism, the voice of Nkrumah resounded the shores of Africa; from the West to the East and from South to the North. Keywords: africa; colonialism; countries; development; imperialism; nkrumah; philosophy; united; unity
• RETHINKING THE IMPERATIVE OF TEACHERS' COMPETENCES IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH by JOHNSON UGOCHUKWU OFOEGBU PHD (2025) - Teacher education for inclusion: Profile of inclusive teachers. Rethinking the imperative of teachers' competences in... 133 COMPETENCES FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Ainscow (2012) affirms the essence of teacher education in promoting inclusive education. Keywords: development; education; experiences; learning; needs; phenomenology; teachers

• AGAINST METHODISM: A SOCIO-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SCIENCE by Lukman Ademola LAWAL (2021) - However, only a few scientists have shown interest in the methodology of science, as such; thereby leaving the conceptualization and critical evaluation of the idea of scientific method to philosophers of science. It involves how a scientific course of action or research program is being carried out, while scientific method refers to the rules of decision that guide the scientist on which particular technique to employ. Keywords: idea; knowledge; kuhn; method; philosophy; popper; science; scientists; theories; theory
• ON THE PHILOSPHIC FOUNDATION OF SCIENCE by Charles C. NWEKE (2021) - American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) maintain in their “History and Philosophy of Science” that: Until the 19th century, natural science was primarily known as “natural philosophy”, and contemporary philosophy still maintains deep connections with science. Spirkin avers to this effect that, “Many general guiding ideas that lie at the foundation of modern science were first enunciated by the perceptive force of philosophical thought.” Keywords: century; foundation; history; knowledge; october; philosophy; science
• EXCLUSIVE RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM: A DISSERVICE TO THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE by Stephen Timothy AKPAN; Michael BENEDICT (2021) - This is a philosophical position whose basic teaching on its source of knowledge holds that true knowledge can only be gotten through reasoning. Both Plato and Descartes maintain that true knowledge is already within us in the nature of innate ideas, which we do not acquire but are born within (Popkin and Stroll, 1993, p. 203), and the process of learning begins with these basic ideas known as innate. Keywords: empiricism; experience; knowledge; philosophy; rationalism; reason; senses
• EPISTEMOLOGICAL RE-EXAMINATION OF THE SOURCES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE by Glory Nse EDET; Blessing Ogechi EKEH (2022) - In the modern period, with the revolution posed by Martin Luther, Descartes came up with a seniors level of revolution and refutation of the position of knowledge claims held by the church. He argued that, though justification, truth and belief are necessary conditions for knowledge claim, they are not sufficient conditions. Keywords: empiricism; knowledge; senses; sources
• The Vienna Circle and the Consolidation of Scientific Superiority over Metaphysics by Nyuykongi John Paul (Ph.D) (2022) - Their distinct epistemological status is emphasized by their zeal to 6 Nyuykongi The Vienna Circle and the Consolidation of Scientific ... demonstrate the supremacy of science thereby paving the way for a deeper appreciation of scientific knowledge as opposed to other forms of knowledge. Such an approach to knowledge pushed many thinkers to carry out a deeper appreciation of scientific knowledge as opposed to other forms of knowledge whose approach parallels that of the exact science. Keywords: approach; circle; epistemic; epistemology; experience; knowledge; metaphysics; philosophy; science; vienna; vienna circle
• An Appraisal of Duhem-Quine's thesis on Crucial Experiments in Physics: An Essay in Philosophy of Science by Victor C. Nweke; Martin F. Asiegbu (2022) - In this connection, their major, rather unique contribution in philosophy of science is what is today known as Duhem – Quine thesis. However, this case is not applicable to the Duhem – Quine thesis. Keywords: duhem; knowledge; philosophy; quine; science; theory; thesis
• VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE GETTIER CHALLENGE by Anthony Raphael Etuk, Ph.D.; Emmanuel Akaninyene Okon, PhD; Inwang, Solomon Christopher (2023) - Virtue epistemology insists that the problem of guaranteeing valid knowledge “can be solved by reference to the possession and application of intellectual virtue” (Ozumba 2015: 172). In simple terms, for virtue epistemology, “a belief is justified, just in case it is has its source in intellectual virtue (Sosa 1991: 189). Keywords: belief; epistemology; gettier; intellectual; knowledge; sosa; truth; virtue; virtue epistemology
• CAN DESCARTES EPISTEMOLOGY JUSTIFIABLY ANSWER THE SKEPTICS' ARGUMENTS? by Nkereuwem Dominic Ekpo (2023) - Descartes' Cogito and the Question of Certain Knowledge Here is an attempt to appraise Descartes philosophy in relation to the quest for indubitable foundation of knowledge. Ozumba (2001:42) defines it as “any philosophical attitude which expresses doubt as to the possibility of certain knowledge”. Keywords: arguments; cogito; descartes; dream; foundation; knowledge; philosophy; skepticism
• EXPLORING THE INTERSECTIONS OF FAITH AND REASON: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATING RELIGION AND SCIENCE by Dr. Christian Maduabuchi Umeanwe (2024) - Keywords: Exploring, Intersections, Faith, Reason, Challenges, Opportunities, Integrating, Religion, Science. Scholars have identified three primary perspectives on their relationship: i. Conflict: Religion and science are inherently at odds. ii. Keywords: challenges; faith; knowledge; philosophy; press; religion; science; understanding; university; view
• IS TRADITIONAL EPISTEMOLOGY ANDROCENTRIC? A QUESTION AND RESPONSE IN THE LIGHT OF JANE DURAN’S FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY by Remigius Achinike Obah PhD; Victor Chizi Ihunda PhD (2025) - Moreover, while some of these feminist scholars work in epistemology are aimed at exposing the masculinity of different areas of knowledge (Lennon & Whitford, 1994, p. 1), others are concerned with articulating a way of knowing that pertains to women—feminist epistemology. ISSN: 2786-9792 22 Some of the feminist scholars who have worked in the area of epistemology and have shaped the discourse of feminist epistemology include Evelyn Fox Keller (in her work, Reflections on Gender and Science and Keywords: duran; epistemology; feminist; knowledge; nature; philosophy; women
• TRANSCOLONIALISM AND THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN AFRICA A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY by Oviemuno Wilfred EGARA; Vincent Gerald ONWUDINJO; Isaac Ikechukwu ONOYIMA; Blessing OBOLI (PhD) (2025) - This dynamic reinforces a hierarchy where knowledge produced in the Global North is deemed universal, while African knowledge is relegated to the status of the particular or untrustworthy. Philosophically, transcolonialism highlights the contested terrain of African knowledge systems and the struggle for epistemic sovereignty in the face of hegemonic global knowledge structures. Keywords: africa; knowledge; philosophy; power; production; systems; transcolonialism; university

• NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE SECURITY NEEDS OF THE STATE by Fasiku, Gbenga Cornelius, PhD; Okwute, Dorcas (2024) - This is why practical application often presents challenges, as the effectiveness of state security measures, the potential for abuses of power, and the impact on individual liberties may not align neatly with abstract moral ideals of individual liberty. Fundamental to this ethical discourse on individual liberty and state security need is the principle of human dignity. Keywords: freedom; government; individual; liberty; press; rights; security; state; university

• A CRITIQUE OF THE DIVINE COMMAND THEORY OF ETHICS FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE ABRAHAMIC RELIGION by Zaria Ibrahim ABUBAKAR (2021) - Marvin Fox, another advocate of Jewish divine command ethics, makes several statements in support of the claim that Jewish tradition endorses various versions of divine command theory. But Graber (1975) argues that divine command theory of ethics has more going for it than has been generally acknowledged. Keywords: command; command theory; divine; ethics; god; good; morality; ockham; theory
• CRITICALAPPRECIATION OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND AFRICAN LITERATURE by Jude I. Onebunne; Sylvia Chinazom Ezeaka (2024) - Scheub and Gunner (2022) opined that African literature in versions of oral literature, pre- colonial African literature, colonial African literature, and post-colonial literature is sourced from all the nations of continental Africa can be complicated for any attempt at its definition as each nation has its own unique history, culture, tribes, and traditions. Keywords: African philosophy, African literature, African religion. Keywords: african; appreciation; god; handwriting; history; literacy; literature; movement; n.d; onebunne; philosophy; religion; theology; tradition; works; writing
• IGBO-AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF BEING AND CATEGORIES OF BEING by Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, PhD (2025) - Emmanuel Edeh, in his work Towards an Igbo Metaphysics, was one of the earliest Nigerian thinkers from the Igbo-speaking area who tried to articulate Igbo metaphysics, in which he tried to define being, using Igbo categories. Njoku forgets here that what we are looking for in Igbo metaphysics is not a name for a thing that is contained in everything in the Igbo world. Keywords: african; concept; edeh; force; god; igbo; kanu; metaphysics; philosophy

• THOMAS HOBBES'S LEVIATHAN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIA STATE by Ejinike Emmanuel Umeh; Ifechi J. Ndianefo, PhD (2023) - Nigeria state is unfortunately ever under the threats of centrifugal forces of ethnicism, fear of religious and cultural domination, which once precipitate a civil war (1960 – 1970). Hence, Nigeria state could borrow a leaf from Hobbes' Leviathan to make for a strong state which could bolster Nigeria statecraft, legitimacy of the government and the confidence of the Nigeria citizens in the Nigeria project. Keywords: citizens; hobbes; leviathan; leviathan state; nature; nigeria state; power; security; state
• DOES INTERNATIONAL LAW BAN THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION? A PHILOSOPHICALAPPRAISAL by CN Ogugua; Ike Odimegwu (2024) - Objection from International law and Practice Another strong objection against the claim that international law prohibits SD is that such claim 158 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 4 Issue 3, December 2024. Similar point was made by Vidmar (2015, p. 370) who argues that the fact that international law prohibit secession outside the context of decolonization is evident in customary international law since 1945. Keywords: charter; colonial; law; peace; right; secession; state; theory

• AN ECOCENTRIC PHILOSOPHICAL APPRAISAL OF UNEP'S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF OGONILAND by Francis TETE (2022) - For progress in confronting the challenge of environmental protection this article concludes with a recommendation that ecological ethics be emphasized in environmental education to broaden the axiological framework of environmental ethics accessible in academia and to government and private policy makers. In view of progress in environmental protection we conclude with the recommendation that ecological ethics be emphasized in environmental education to broaden the axiological framework of environmental ethics accessible in academia and to government and private policy makers. Keywords: assessment; community; ecocentrism; environmental; ethics; land; leopold; nature; philosophy; press; unep; university; value
• THE HUMEAN VIEW ON MIRACLE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS by Hyginus Chibuike EZEBUILO; Asso. Prof Chinyere T. OJIAKOR (2024) - Notably, the violations of truth are more common in the testimony concerning religious miracles than any other matter of fact. In response to the above, epistemological critics of miracle conceive the term as the violation of natural laws. Keywords: hume; laws; miracle; nature; testimony; view

• THE HELLENIZATION OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL DEITIES: THE CASE OF EKWENSU AND ESU by Ikechukwu Anthony KANU (2021) - The Hellenization Of African Traditional Deities 2 understand the depth of the Hellenization of African traditional deities. Okot (1969) discovers that the misinterpretation of African religion by these scholars is based on the drive to understand African traditional religion within the conceptual framework of the west. Keywords: african; deities; ekwensu; esu; greek; hellenization; religion; yoruba

• BEYOND RACE, FICTIVE AND ILLUSORY: K. SELLO DUIKER'S THIRTEEN CENTS AND THE QUIET VIOLENCE OF DREAMS by Chinyere T. OJIAKOR, Ph.D. ; Asso. Prof. Aloy Nnamdi OBIKA (2021) - In South Africa race and class has historically been mutually constitutive. While skin colour is taken to be the prime signifier of racial identity, the concept of 'race' receives its meaning contextually and in relation to other groups and hierarchies such as gender and class. Keywords: africa; apartheid; azure; black; cents; characters; duiker; novel; race; south; tshepo; violence; white
• WOMANHOOD AND PANDEMICS: THE AFRICAN CASE by Innocent I. Enweh (2023) - Ideas expressed in this chapter are drawn, to a large extent, from review of published studies in the area of gender health in developed as well as developing worlds. In Ghana by 2009, the Ministry of Health had already developed “a gender policy to direct its actions on handling gender related health concerns” (National Gender Policy: 2015, 11). Keywords: africa; covid-19; gender; health; impact; outcomes; pandemic; policy; resilience; roles; socio; womanhood; women
• AFRICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE CHALLENGES OF EUROPEAN PERIODIZATION: SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT by Benjamin Chukwunonso Nwokocha; Nnatuanya, Emmanuel Chinedu (2024) - We shall look at the process of recreating African history and its precursors and look at the periodization of Africa's history and its shortcomings and make potent suggestions on the way forward. Writing African history in general has been challenging and mostly difficult, due to a lack of both comprehensive written records and holistic archaeological evidence that covers all the zones of Africa from past times. Keywords: africa; continent; dike; european; historiography; history; past; periodization

• ETHICS WITH (OUT) SUCCESS: BETWEEN SCHELER AND KANT by Arinze ONWUZULIKE (2021) - It is scheler's manner of maintaining that he does not want to end up allowing outcome be the determinant of moral values. Without the value-orientation securely fastened on the basic moral tenor, our willing will be directionless with regard to moral values. Keywords: action; ethics; person; scheler; success; tenor; value; willing
• IS PET-KEEPING A VIOLATION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS? A CONSEQUENTIALIST STANDPOINT by Ikechukwu Monday Osebor, PhD (2023) - The question is: does pet keeping amount to a violation of animal rights? AQUINO VOLUME3 ISSUE 2 DECEMBER 2023 Abstract Humans have coexisted with animals for thousands of years, but the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries are when the word pet was first coined to mean domesticated animal. Keywords: animals; ethics; keeping; monday; pet; pets; philosophy; rights; telos; utilitarianism

• RESISTANCE AND DEFLECTION TO THE CONTEMPT OF OTHERS: TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYES by Chinyere T. ORJIAKOR, Ph.D (2022) - If the Black Arts Movement then failed black women by not taking their gender into their agenda, the feminist movements of the period failed them by not taking race into theirs. No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women. Keywords: african; american; beauty; black; eyes; girl; morrison; pauline; pecola; toni; white; women

• MORAL REALISM AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE by Ahana Chukwuebuka E. (2024) - The Morality of Same Sex Marriage: A Moral Realist Position In this section effort is made to examine the stance of proponents of same sex marriage from the ethical standpoint of moral realism. This obnoxious practice is called same sex marriage. Keywords: argument; children; couples; law; man; marriage; procreation; rights; sex; sex couples; sex marriage; union

• MONOLOGUE AND DIALOGUE AS A SUSTAINABLE INSTRUMENT FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN NIGERIA SCHOOLS by Orimsan Agboifo PhD; Augusta Ainerhonmiton (2022) - Monolog and Dialog can sustain education if applied well because they will help build interpersonal relationships between teacher and student and between students to a student. It has made many school teachers lack what to do and how to do it before and after training. Keywords: curriculum; dialog; education; learning; monolog; student; teacher

• AN EVALUATION OF PAUL FEYERABEND'S ANARCHICAL APPROACH IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE by Bonaventure Chike ANETOH, Ph.D. (2022) - Paul Feyerabend championed scientific anarchism. Occasionally, the laws of scientific method or what are thought to be the laws of scientific method by a particular writer, are even integrated into anarchism itself. Keywords: anarchism; approach; feyerabend; investigation; philosophy; science; scientific

• JUDITH BUTLER'S GENDER PERFORMATIVITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT A CRITICAL ANALYSIS by Jude Emeka Odoh, PhD; Florence Eke Adejoh, PhD; Jetty Joe Odey, PhD (2025) - This co-production of gender identity and digital technology is a mix of how digital technology influences the expression and perception of gender identities and how social practices form the development and use of digital systems. Going forward, digital gender identity depends on both performative agency and collective rethinking of technological systems that enhance different expressions of self. Keywords: algorithms; butler; gender; identities; identity; performativity; press; space; systems; technology

• A PHILOSOPHICAL RECONSIDERATION OF NIETZSCHEAN WILL-TO-POWER AS WILL-TO-WIN by Marcellinus Chigozie Obi (2023) - For instance, in The Will to Power, he says that “Life is will to power” and that “the only reality is the will to grow stronger of every center of force – not self-preservation, but the will to appropriate, dominate, increase, grow stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche, 1967: 367; see also 35-39, 355-356). 27 Nietzschean Will-To-Power In his books and those of his commentators, the will-to-power is expressed in the following terms: the dominating will, an insatiable desire to manifest power, willing to be stronger, the will to outdo, excel and overpower one another, etc. From the foregoing, it can be said that the will-to-power, for Nietzsche, means the will to conquer or to overpower. Keywords: beings; desire; drive; nietzsche; power; win

• CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NONRECIPROCAL FRAMEWORKS IN GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS AND THE PROSPECTS OF AFRICAN EXPORTS: THE CASE OF THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA) by Sampson Edodi; Musa Ibori (2025) - The implication is that because AGOA failed to eliminate pre-existing quotas as observed by Asmah and Taiwo (2016), it does not pose a significant challenge to West African exports. AGOA increased export diversity in West Africa: AGOA has played a crucial role in diversifying West African exports. Keywords: access; african; agoa; countries; economic; ecowas; exports; growth; market; products; states; trade; west

• THE ROLE OF BOUNDARY SITUATIONS IN KARL JASPERS' EPISTEMOLOGY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN UNDERSTANDING by Isaac Iorember Keryongu. ; Benedict Michael Ph.D (2025) - Isaac & Benedict The Role Of Boundary Situations In Karl Jaspers' Epistemology… 169 THE IMPLICATIONS OF JASPERS’ BOUNDARY SITUATIONS FOR HUMAN UNDERSTANDING Karl Jaspers' concept of boundary situations (Grenzsituationen) holds significant implications for human understanding, particularly for how individuals confront the ultimate limitations and possibilities inherent in human existence. The implications of boundary situations for human understanding are profound: reveal the essential incompleteness and contingency of human knowledge. Keywords: boundary; existence; existential; individuals; jaspers; situations

• THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION OF MARK 14:1-11 ON THE COMMITMENT OF MEN AND WOMEN IN GOD'S SERVICE by Rev. Davou M. Dantoro, PhD. (2023) - AQUINO VOLUME3 ISSUE 2 DECEMBER 2023 THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION OF MARK 14:1-11 ON THE COMMITMENT OF MEN AND WOMEN IN GOD'S SERVICE Rev. Davou M. Dantoro, PhD. Gindiri Theological Seminary P. M. B. 01001, Gindiri, Plateau State, Nigeria davoum.dantoro@gmail.com 109 110 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 3 Issue 2, 2023 ISSN: 2786-9792 December 111 Theological Reflection Of Mark 14:1-11 On The Commitment - Rev. Davou M. Dantoro 112 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 3 Issue 2, 2023 ISSN: 2786-9792 December 113 Theological Reflection Of Mark 14:1-11 On The Commitment - Rev. Davou M. Dantoro 114 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 3 Issue 2, 2023 ISSN: 2786-9792 December 115 Theological Reflection Of Mark 14:1-11 On The Commitment - Rev. Davou M. Dantoro 116 Aquino Journal of Philosophy, Vol 3 Issue 2, 2023 ISSN: 2786-9792 December 117 Theological Reflection Of Mark 14:1-11 On The Commitment - Rev. Davou M. Dantoro Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Keywords: page

• THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF DISAGREEMENT: HUME, KANT, AND THE CURRENT RELEVANCE by Benedict Michael, PhD (2024) - Together, their perspectives highlight the complexity of addressing epistemic disagreements and the need to balance abstract principles with empirical considerations. These classical perspectives remain relevant as they inform contemporary discussions, which have expanded to address the nuanced dynamics of epistemic disagreements in today's polarized society. Keywords: disagreement; epistemology; evidence; experience; hume; kant; reason

• AN APPRAISAL OF KWASI WIREDU’S CONCEPTUAL DECOLONIZATION by Florence Eke Adejoh; Anthony Chukwudi Areji, Ph.D.; Jetty Joe Odey (2024) - The study establishes that the negative programme of Wiredu’s conceptual decolonization which enjoins African scholars to think effectively using African languages as proposed by him is almost impossible to apply. His positive programme has to do with the judicious exploitation of the enormous “resources” of African conceptual frameworks in philosophical exercises or reflections. Keywords: african; curriculum; decolonization; injustice; language; philosophy; thought; universities; wiredu
• SYNTHETIC TRANSLATIONS PREVENTING INDETERMINACY OF MEANING AND INSCRUTABILITY OF REFERENCE IN LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS by Ikechukwu Monday OSEBOR, Ph.D.; Rev. Fr. Dr. J.F Mordi (2024) - Language translations serve as intermediaries between the source and the target language text. Language translation (LT) is the manual or electronic conversion of a source language text to exactly match the target language text using signs and symbols. Keywords: language; language translation; meaning; philosophy; relations; source; synthetic; target; text; translation; web

• THE MEDIA, TRUTH AND THE ETHICS OF PUBLIC OPINION IN THE AGE OF PROPAGANDA by Stephen Emmanuel; Fasiku, Gbenga Cornelius PhD (2025) - From news broadcasts to social media platforms, the media has the capacity to inform, persuade, and sometimes manipulate public views, often serving as the primary source through which individuals understand and interpret the world around them. Social media platform have further amplified the media’s role in shaping public opinion. Keywords: information; media; news; opinion; platforms; public; truth

• UNDERSTANDING HEIDEGGER'S ONTOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE I N RELATION TO TEMPORALITY AND TIME by Peter Iorhom Akunoko, Ph.D (2024) - By and large, time is not the mere flowing time of the clock but the meaningful time of humans; human activity is what makes time time. It is onlywhen we understand ordinary time as a thinned out or reduced version of world-time, and we regard world time as a disconnected form of originary temporality that we can explain the continuity of time. Keywords: beings; dasein; heidegger; temporality; time

• THE ALTRUISTIC QUESTION AND ALFRED SCHULTZ'S DEFINITION OF HUMAN ACTION by Peter Iorhom Akunoko PhD (2023) - The motivation that underlies altruistic action seems to be at variance with Alfred Schutz's understanding of human action. This moderate understanding of altruistic action can be accommodated in Alfred Schutz's definition of human action. Keywords: action; altruism; altruistic; comte; rand; schutz; self

• ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF INTERNET FRAUD WITH MONEY RITUAL IN THE DOUBLE ACTS OF IMMORALITY IN CHACHERISM by Laleye Solomon Akinyemi, Ph.D (2024) - AQUINNO VOLUME 4 ISSUE 3 DECEMBER 2024.cdr ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF INTERNET FRAUD WITH MONEY RITUAL IN THE DOUBLE ACTS OF IMMORALITY IN CHACHERISM Laleye Solomon Akinyemi, Ph.D Department of Philosophy AdekunleAjasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria laleyesolomon@gmail.com solomon.laleye@aaua.edu.ng ABSTRACT Contemporary human society faces numerous threats to peaceful coexistence, suggesting the vulnerability and possible extinction of the human species. More alarming is the rise of ritual murder as complement to internet fraud, which has heightened insecurity in modern-day Nigeria. Keywords: african; cybercrime; fraud; internet; money; murder; practices; ritual; wealth; yahoo

• COVID-19 VACCINES, BOOSTERS AND DOSES AND THE QUESTION OF ADDICTION by Ikeagwuchi Ikechukwu UKWUOMA; Anayochukwu Kingsley UGWU (2022) - However, there are reported cases of side effects to COVID-19 vaccines which the WHO reports have mostly been mild to moderate and short-lasting though. So, while the globe seeks immediate ways to manage and respond to the spread of COVID-19, there is also urgent need to consider the tendency of these vaccines and doses driving the vaccinated into addiction because only time will tell whether COVID-19 vaccines require periodic boosting. Keywords: addiction; boosters; covid-19; disease; doses; effects; taking; vaccinated; vaccines

• ICONS, INDEXES AND SYMBOLS IN CHIMAMANDAADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS: A SEMIOTIC APPROACH by IKORO, ONYINYECHI STELLA Ph.D (2025) - Examples of symptomatic indexical are: Papa’s voice was low, very low, … face looked swollen already, with pus-tipped rashes spread across (pp. 14, 23), …shocked eyes begged him to seal his mouth (p. 14), Papa swayed from side to side (p. 15), Papa’s breathing was always noisy, but now he panted as if he were out of breath (p. 23), …startling me although her Igbo words were low and calming. 11, 14, 15), …the water-colour painting of a woman with a child…the Virgin and Child oil Painting (p. 126), Jaja turned to the statue of the preening lion (p. 140), …and I saw her, the Blessed Virgin: an image in the pale sun, a red glow on the back of my hand (p. 278), … the mask (p. 94).…Fela, Osadebe and Onyeka (musical icons) (p. 126 ), …huge rosary with blue beads and a metal crucifix (p. 132). Keywords: family; father; fear; figurines; hibiscus; icons; indexes; jaja; kambili; mama; papa; red; signs; symbols

• SCHOOL CLIMATE AS CORRELATES TO TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA by Lilian IjeomaAmaechi Ph.D (2025) - Specifically, this study was to examine the relationship between school climate and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria RESEARCH QUESTION Q1. Is there any relationship between school climate and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria? Keywords: climate; job; lagos; performance; school; secondary; teachers

• AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRACTICE OF MOTHERHOOD AND SURROGACY IN YORUBA CULTURE by Gladys Oluwatosin OLUDARE (2022) - The first, which occurred in the 1950s, was the introduction of Oral conception; the second was the introduction of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in 1978 and finally surrogacy motherhood was introduced in the 1980s. There are two main types of surrogacy, gestational surrogacy and traditional surrogacy. Keywords: child; gestational; motherhood; pregnancy; surrogacy; surrogate; woman

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