The purpose of this study is to scrutinize Enyimba’s theory of Madukakism as a philosophy of being human within the African framework and to show its implication to African environmental ethics. Enyimba’s theory Madukakism as a philosophy of being human is founded on the notion of Madukaku. Drawn from the Igbo ontological worldview, Madukaku avers that “man is supreme”, as such, possess strong anthropocentric implication on African worldview. Enyimba Maduka’s position seems logical as it draws its inspiration from the place of humans in the ecosystem and African ontology. This paper argues that although human occupies a central position to preserve, care and tend nature for the unity and balance of the ontology and ecosystem, it is perceived as anthropoholism. It is anthro-poholism because, despite man’s central role (Anthropo), man is just a part of the (whole) environment, as such cannot exist outside the environment, and cannot be understood without allusion to the environment (Holism). This research is carried out with the philosophical method of analysis.
Madukaku Madukakism anthropocentric communitarian anthropoholism
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Çevre Bilimleri |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Temmuz 2019 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 1 Ocak 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 3 - Advancing African Environmental Ethics |