African relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethics

dc.contributor.advisorOkeke, Jonathan Chimakonam
dc.contributor.emailjuanandrew.oeschger@gmail.comen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateOeschger, Juan-Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T07:43:05Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T07:43:05Z
dc.date.created2024-04
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2023.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
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dc.description.degreeMA (Philosophy)en_US
dc.description.departmentPhilosophyen_US
dc.description.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-12: Responsible consumption and productionen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2024en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94443
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 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.
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectDeep Ecologyen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Philosophy
dc.subjectSDG-12: Responsible consumption and production
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEthics
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
dc.titleAfrican relational metaphysics as foundation for robust, deep ecological ethicsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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