Practical Philosophy: In Search of an Ethical Minimum

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East African Publishers, 1997 - 309 pages

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Contents

Truth and Belief
3
A Critique of Wiredus Thesis
12
On God and Divine Omnibenevolence
26
Ideology and Truth
38
A Critique of the Rejection
55
The Future of Philosophy and Religion
71
Achievements of Philosophy and One Current Practical
94
Justice as Egalitarian Fairness
115
A Philosophical Conception of Cultural Development
191
Obstacles in Philosophical Dialogue
196
Africa and the World in Philosophy
212
Philosophy and Other Disciplines
218
Philosophy in Eastern Africa and the Future of Philosophical Research in Africa
229
PHILOSOPHY ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
241
An Essay on Environmental Ethics
243
Tradition and Modernity in the Scramble for Africa
255

Philosophy and Humanity Today
126
Philosophy and Humanism in Africa
138
Parental Earth Ethics
146
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE PROBLEM OF CULTURE
153
Claude Sumner As an African Philosopher
155
The Price and Gain of a Debate
164
Sage Philosophy Revisited
181
John Mbitis Contribution to African Philosophy
187
The Ethics of Consumerism
264
A Case Study of Western Kenya
269
My Strange Way to Philosophy
281
Bibliography
289
Some of Prof H Odera Orukas Works
297
Index
301
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