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African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics
Dissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94443 African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics Okeke, Jonathan Chimakonam juanandrew.oeschger@gmail.com Oeschger, Juan-Andrew UCTD Deep Ecology African Philosophy SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Ecology Ethics Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2023. In this study, I begin to articulate an ecosophy from Africa south of the Sahara by using culturally embedded epistemic resources. An ecosophy is a personal code of ethics or set of norms informed by an eco-philosophy or, environmental philosophy based on a relational field metaphysic as described by the deep ecology of Arne Naess. As a basis for Ecosophy A, I embark on a review of Chimakonam’s Conversational Thinking as a novel system of metaphysics, ontology, logic, ethics and method, from Africa. I employ the Conversational Method, subsequently reviewing the deep ecology of Arne Naess according to the three dimensions of a philosophical system identified by Chimakonam: The foundational dimension, the architectural dimension, and the doctrinal dimension. I introduce Ecosophy A as a new African ecosophy informed by Conversational Philosophy. In Chapter 4, Ecosophy A starts taking form as I engage with the deep ecology platform showing a compatibility between the basic assumptions of Ecosophy A informed by Conversational Thinking and the deep ecology platform. Finally, I begin to develop a new heuristic device called Conscious Prioritisation of Relationship (CPR-A). Ecosophy A accepts the basic assumption of African ethics that action is motivated by a drive for self-preservation and self-sufficiency and that the realisation that an individual cannot attain either whilst being an isolated entity results in an emphasis on relationship as fundamental to the constitution of reality. I argue that heuristic devices like CPR-A promise to deliver a benefit for action in the environment as it may facilitate the active learning and practice of relationship-centred decision-making across borders. Philosophy MA (Philosophy) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production 2024-02-12T07:43:05Z 2024-02-12T07:43:05Z 2024-04 2023-08 Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94443 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 Deep Ecology African Philosophy SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Ecology Ethics Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics |
| title | African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics |
| title_full | African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics |
| title_fullStr | African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics |
| title_full_unstemmed | African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics |
| title_short | African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics |
| title_sort | african relational metaphysics as foundation for robust deep ecological ethics |
| topic | UCTD Deep Ecology African Philosophy SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Ecology Ethics Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94443 |