The Death Penalty from an African Perspective: Views from Zimbabwean and Nigerian Philosophers - Couverture rigide

Chimakonam, Jonathan O.; Mangena, Fainos; Agulanna, Christopher; Machingura, Francis; Makuvaza, Ngoni; Uduma, Uduma Oji; Chimuka, Tarisayi Andrea; Emedolu, Christian Chukwuka; Aina, Adebayo; Munyonga, Alex; Munyiswa, Isaiah; Zimunya, Clive Tendai; Hatendi, Chipo M.; Nweke, Victor C. A.; Mataka, Tatenda; Gwara, Joyline; Gweru, Benjamin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1622732626 ISBN 13 : 9781622732623

Editeur : Vernon Press, 2018

Synopsis

This book is about an African philosophical examination of the death penalty debate. In a 21^st century world where the notion of human right is primed, this book considers the question of the death penalty in two sub-Saharan African countries namely, Zimbabwe and Nigeria, notorious for their poor human right records. This edited collection comprises of 11 essays from Zimbabwean and Nigerian philosophers. As opinions continue to divide over the retention or abolition of the death penalty, these African philosophers attempt to localise this debate by raising the following questions: What is the meaning of life in the African place? Is it proper to take the human life under any guise at all? Who has the right to take the human life? Can the death penalty be justified on the bases of African cultures? Why should it be abolished? Why should it be retained? Indeed, this book is the first of its kind to engage the tumultuous issue of capital punishment in the postcolonial Africa and from the African philosophical point of view.

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À propos des auteurs

Fainos Mangena Ph.D, is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Zimbabwe. His areas of research interest include Environmental Ethics, African jurisprudence, Ethics and Culture, Gender and Politics.

Jonathan O. Chimakonam Ph.D, is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and a Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His teaching and research interests include: African Philosophy, Logic, African jurisprudence, Environmental Ethics, Postcolonial thought.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vernon Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1622732626
• ISBN 13: 9781622732623
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Éditeur: Chimakonam Jonathan O., Mangena Fainos
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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