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The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty
Dissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/91633 The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty Okeke, Jonathan Chimakonam patrickbenblag@gmail.com Ben, Patrick Effiong UCTD Africa Poverty Foreign Aid Human Minimum Odera Oruka Dimensions of Poverty Morality Extreme Poverty Development Responsibility Dissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2023. In this dissertation, I consider a hitherto underexplored concept of ‘human minimum’ as proposed by H. Odera Oruka to obligate responsibility as an approach to tackling extreme poverty in Africa and beyond. I aim to establish, among other things, why it is morally problematic and economically counterproductive to demand equal moral responsibility from all moral agents irrespective of their economic differences to ensure the implementation of the human minimum or the elimination of extreme poverty. To achieve the aforementioned, I attempt to answer two significant questions, to wit: What are some of the moral implications of ensuring that a society attains the human minimum as an approach to fighting extreme poverty? Who has a greater moral responsibility for ensuring the attainment of the human minimum between the government, non-governmental/nonprofit organisations, and individual members of society? In Oruka’s philosophy, enforcement of a global human minimum is the equal moral obligation of all moral agents—all those situated above the poverty line. I will demonstrate why ignoring the economic differences – and inequalities – of those who qualify as moral agents in Oruka’s conceptualisation of extreme poverty, particularly in continental Africa, risks plunging more of those who live a little above the human minimum threshold into poverty. I then argue that a disproportionate distribution of responsibility that is sensitive to the economic disparities that exist among the non-poor population holds a better promise for success in the fight against extreme poverty in Africa. Philosophy MA (Philosophy) Unrestricted 2023-07-26T05:44:12Z 2023-07-26T05:44:12Z 2023-09 2023 Dissertation * S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91633 10.25403/UPresearchdata.23744649 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Africa Poverty Foreign Aid Human Minimum Odera Oruka Dimensions of Poverty Morality Extreme Poverty Development Responsibility The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty |
| title | The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty |
| title_full | The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty |
| title_fullStr | The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty |
| title_full_unstemmed | The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty |
| title_short | The moral implications of Odera Oruka’s ‘human minimum’ for Africa’s fight against extreme poverty |
| title_sort | moral implications of odera oruka s human minimum for africa s fight against extreme poverty |
| topic | UCTD Africa Poverty Foreign Aid Human Minimum Odera Oruka Dimensions of Poverty Morality Extreme Poverty Development Responsibility |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91633 |