Kant’s deontology as a critique of Africa’s ideological ambiguity

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  • Michael George KIZITO Kyambogo University

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https://doi.org/10.36311/2318-0501.2021.v9n2.p81

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Africa, Kant, Ideology, Deontology, Ambiguity

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The communal characteristic of African Societies has frequently been juxtaposed with the individualistic tenets of Western polities. However, the evolution of African societies into liberal democracies with the obligation to promote and protect constitutionalism and individual liberties calls for a philosophical niche to bridge between communality and individuality. This paper argues that Africa’s moral and political philosophy is in an urgent need of a Kantian Copernican revolution to ameliorate the conflictual interface between sociality and individualism. The paper opines that the revolution will help to harmonize the dilemmatic relationship between communitarianism and individual rights. The paper also contends that the Kantian categorical imperatives are necessary in eliminating the unclear deontological/teleological situatedness of African ideological philosophies.

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Michael George KIZITO, Kyambogo University

Lecturer in Kyambogo University Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy. He teaches Introduction to ethics, social ethics, development ethics, philosophy of law, social and political philosophy and history of philosophy

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2022-01-19

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KIZITO, M. G. (2022). Kant’s deontology as a critique of Africa’s ideological ambiguity. Estudos Kantianos [EK], 9(2), 81–92. https://doi.org/10.36311/2318-0501.2021.v9n2.p81

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