Ethics of Development: Kant and Cabral’s Pragmatic Contributions

Agbude, Godwyns .A. (2013) Ethics of Development: Kant and Cabral’s Pragmatic Contributions. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 3 (9). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2222-2863

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Abstract

Development has always been a fanciful word in the political lexicon of policy-makers and politicians at both local and international political affairs. Political leaders and policy-makers seek to authenticate their relevance in the public ambiance by making several speeches that are coded around the concept of development. This paper therefore interrogates the concept not just by providing additional definitions to the concept but rather to reinvent the proper institutional framework under which development should be pursued. Cabral was a revolutionary and development theorist whose relevance in the whole discourse of development in colonial Africa cannot be overlooked. Immanuel Kant stands tall amidst western scholars with his ethical framework, expounded in the categorical imperatives having perennial relevance in several disciplines. This paper, therefore, provokes their theoretical ethical frameworks in addressing the issues of development. The paper gives us the formula for judging the moral ‘temperature’ of development ideologies and policies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Development, Ethics, Colonialism, Kant, Cabral and Categorical Imperatives
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2015 16:47
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2015 16:47
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/3818

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