Columbus Ogbujah

Rivers State University · Department of Philosophy

A Festschrift

To destroy a nation, as is visibly emblazoned at the entrance to a South African college, does not need the use of atomic bombs or long range missiles. It only requires lowering or destroying the educational standards. In other words, the growth or collapse of a nation depends on her educational system; on the skills and values the academe inculcat...

The rise of social media has given a significant boost to the information and com-munication industry. Prior to now, the common news outlets were the mainstream print and electronic media, domiciled in specific locations, and guided by particular laws of nation states. These laws, for the most part, regulated and enforced decency, compelling practi...

In ethics and political philosophy, the concepts of equity, equality, need satisfaction, and justice are significant for the fulfilment of underlying requirements of human rights, and the attainment of peace in societies. Studies show these as potential frames for defining processes, distributing resources, sharing responsibilities, allocating rewa...

The 2016 launch of the courier giant—Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn’s (DHL) Advanced Regional Centre (ARC) in Singapore—was significant not just for the scale of the facility and its impressive level of innovation, but for the visual identity and branding of DHL’s red and yellow corporate colours. These colours, as is evident in all branding, set it ou...

Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677) was about the most radical of the early modern philosophers who developed a unique metaphysics that inspired an intriguing moral philosophy, fusing insights from ancient Stoicism, Cartesian metaphysics, Hobbes and medieval Jewish rationalism. While helping to ground the Enlightenment, Spinoza’s thoughts, against the...

Changes in the environment as well as lifestyle alterations are two key bourgeoning issues in a hyper-technological world. Whilst environmental changes negatively impact on the air, water and human nutrition leading to the escalation of Infertility, lifestyle alterations seem to debase traditional family structures in support of homosexual relation...

There is a somewhat symbiotic relationship between religion and culture: religious practices shape, and are shaped by the culture within which they thrive. When people in a given culture adopt a specifc religion,their culture begins to assimilate only the ethos and practices that are acceptable within that religion; and when a particular religion a...

p>In recent times, the terms ‘power’, ‘governance’ and ‘good governance’ are bandied around conferences, symposia and literary works that seek for solution to the multifaceted problems of modern life. This has become necessary, and perhaps expedient because while in some climes people legitimately struggle for power to rule, others in different reg...

In the past few decades, a lot has changed in the world. There is now a global dimension to every societal value. Globalization has unlocked the local and national perceptions to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world. People are mingling in the world like never before. But these come with new challenges, new social regulat...

In recent times, the terms 'power', 'governance' and 'good governance' are bandied around conferences, symposia and literary works that seek for solution to the multifaceted problems of modern life. This has become necessary, and perhaps expedient because while in some climes people legitimately struggle for power to rule, others in different regio...

People all over the world have values which at one time or the other could either be appreciated or abhorred depending on their usefulness. Such values, when they pertain to the individual, are termed individual values; to the family – family values; and to the society, they are properly termed societal/social values. In spite of the heterogeneity...

The recent surge of concern for national integration in Nigeria is not only apt, but timely given the negative turn of events after her centenary celebration as a nation. Time and again, the political culture, especially since independence from British colonial rule in 1960, has demonstrated what may justifiably be considered a failure at attempts...

The phenomena of myths have always been viewed as sacred narratives which explain the origin of the world, the universe, the primeval state of mankind within the continuum, and the events leading to the present form of realities. They may arise as either truthful depictions or over-elaborated accounts of past events; as allegory for or personificat...

Many, including Jews and Greeks, atheists and believers, scientists and pastors of souls, etc., would concede that the binary structure of the populated universe is manifest in heaven and earth; angels and demons; black and white; good and bad; male and female, etc. The human category is not even spared of this bi-polarity. Males are either fathers...

All human societies, except perhaps, the Hobbesian state of nature, are preserved through a complex network of laws, ethics and the enforcement of justice. Whether couched in unwritten customs and traditions by which primeval peoples organized their lives, or in standardized penal codes of ‘civilized’ cultures, laws and their enforcement are expedi...

The recent surge of concern for national integration in Nigeria is not only apt, but timely given the negative turn of events after her centenary celebration as a nation. Time and again, the political culture, especially since independence from British colonial rule in 1960, has demonstrated what may justifiably be considered a failure at attempts...

Leaders are recognized in politics, businesses, education, sports and cultural activities and indeed, in all events that entail human interactions. Some leaders are able to manage the affairs of the public to the desired goals; others are not only unable to do so, but sometimes do oversee processes that out-rightly subvert the attainment of desired...

In our present world, there are rampant acts of violence, hatred and crime which have left a long trail of victims. Victims of crimes and 'acts of god' are traumatized not just by physical injuries but much more by the psychological torture of self-blame and un-forgiveness. To initiate a process of healing, the offender must seek for forgiveness; t...

Education entails leading man out from ‘darkness to light’, from ‘nature to nurture’ and from ‘animality to humanity’. Dewey’s educational ideas have structured the educational foundation of civilized societies, and are currently molding that of the civilizing ones, including Nigeria. A meticulous look at the nation’s National Policy on Education r...

Everything within the created universe is sipped in polarity: male and female; black and white; heaven and earth; day and night; land and sea; rich and poor; animate and inanimate; physical and spiritual, etc. Everything seems to have its opposite from which it diverges. Being male or female and having a particular skin colour or cultural backgroun...

Nigeria, like most African nations is still battling with the issue of subsistent living which does not leave much room for anyone to engage in the enterprise of philosophizing. This is made more difficult by the crop of political leadership who, as a result of greed and materialistic tendencies, has rubbished the values for hard work, human dignit...

The challenge of the Delphic Oracle: 'man, know thyself', has always spurred men to look inwards to understand who they are. People of diverse cultures and races, epochs and religio-political backgrounds have made various attempts at defining man: some from the point of view of his constitution; others from the standpoint of his activity. (personal...

A cyborg, also known as a cybernetic organism, is a being with both biological and artificial values. Real (as opposed to fictional) cyborgs are more frequently people who use cybernetic technology, like the Brain-Computer Interface, to repair or overcome the physical and mental constraints of their bodies. The Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), somet...

The general quest for the emancipation of peoples from the shackles and manacles of various forms of oppressions has given vent to a variety of struggles for liberation. In many instances, these oppressions are perpetuated on the basis of sex. Sexism as a form of domination could be against the male, female, intersex or transsex. But among these va...

Salah satu topik yang keras-kepala dalam filsafat politik adalah ihwal hubungan antara individu dan komunitas. Sepanjang sejarah kita temukan gerak mondar-mandir antara kedua kutub itu : di satu pihak ada tendensi memrioritaskan otonomi dan martabat individu sambil mengorbankan komunitas, di pihak lain sebaliknya, memrioritaskan komunitas sambil me...