An African Metaphysics of Social Order and the Culture of Being-with-others

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dc.contributor.authorFashola, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T14:42:12Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T14:42:12Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe concept of Being in African culture encompasses all forms of existence. Everything in the universe is a being endowed with life-force, albeit, not in equal proportion as some beings are more gifted than others. Humans for instance possess more life-force or beingness than any other being in the physical world. At the metaphysical level, other beings like ancestors and deities are positioned in the higher plane of the hierarchy. One important part of this worldview is that all beings both physical and non-physical have a shared existence. One affects the other either benevolently or malevolently, and this interaction is responsible for the sustenance or destruction of the universe respectively. Considering that the interaction of beings including humans is given metaphysical interpretation, it becomes necessary for this paper to examine and establish this metaphysical foundation as a way of engendering social order. It employs Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative which can serve as a principle for social order since it prompts an individual to do to others what they desire should become a universal maxim in interrogating the issue at hand. This is because it provides a means through which we understand and describe humans to be first, rational beings. Some of the findings of this paper are that African metaphysics encourages a complementary relationship and promotes social harmony as well as an ordered society. The paper would contribute to discourse and knowledge of the African worldview as a means of engendering social order.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4011
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInnovations
dc.relation.ispartofseries76
dc.titleAn African Metaphysics of Social Order and the Culture of Being-with-others
dc.typeArticle
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