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Ethical Challenges of Authority in a Pluralistic Society: The Nigerian Example

  • Paperback
  • 209 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Copyright AG - Ipsuk
  • 14.9 x 21.2 x 1.2 cm

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Pluralism is more than difference in behavioral patterns. It is a fundamental difference in worldviews, and Nigeria typifies it. It implies that autonomous individuals within a societal continuum do not constitute an integral amalgamation of a body-politic. A multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual blend, Nigeria serves as a good laboratory for pluralist test. What Nigeria needs is authority in order to articulate these plural and conflicting world-views into a reasonable discourse or committed dialogue. It is then the challenge of authority in Nigeria to reconcile the apparent incompatibilities within the multiple groups into a reasonable consensus. Plagued with the pathological equivocations of human rights, incessant military coups and counter-coups, vicious ethnic discrimination and lack of regard for meritocracy, Nigeria stands as a classical example of a leaderless society. Derided by foes as a political patchwork, and portrayed by friends as a potential volcano, all that Nigeria needs is authority that can articulate her numerous but diversified potentials into a catalyst for human development. No sustainable political or social foundations could be laid in the absence of this desideratum.

  • Title

    Ethical Challenges of Authority in a Pluralistic Society: The Nigerian Example

  • Author

    Josephat Okanumee Nwankwo

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang Copyright AG - Ipsuk

  • Published

    October 1998

  • Weight

    290g

  • Page Count

    209

  • Dimensions

    14.9 x 21.2 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9783631335628

  • ISBN-10

    3631335628

  • Eden Code

    6078701

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