H. Odera Oruka on moral reasoning

Journal of Value Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 517-528

  Presbey, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1023/A:1004793415638     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. H. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy: In Search of an Ethical Minimum (Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1997), p. xvii.
2. Ibid.
3. See H. Odera Oruka, ed., Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 1990 and Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1991). See also Gail M. Presbey "Ways in Which Oral Philosophy is Superior to Written Philosophy: A Look at Odera Oruka's Rural Sages" in APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience, Fall 1996; "African Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka's Challenges to The Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher," Essence: An International Journal of Philosophy (Nigeria) (Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1996); and "Who Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation of Sage Philosophy," Quest: Philosophical Discussions, Vol. XI, Nos. 1 and 2, 1997. See also the many essays in Kai Kresse and Anke Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning: Henry Odera Oruka in memoriam (Frankfurt am Maim: Peter Lang, 1997).
4. See H. Odera Oruka, ed., Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 1990 and Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1991). See also Gail M. Presbey "Ways in Which Oral Philosophy is Superior to Written Philosophy: A Look at Odera Oruka's Rural Sages" in APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience, Fall 1996; "African Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka's Challenges to The Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher," Essence: An International Journal of Philosophy (Nigeria) (Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1996); and "Who Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation of Sage Philosophy," Quest: Philosophical Discussions, Vol. XI, Nos. 1 and 2, 1997. See also the many essays in Kai Kresse and Anke Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning: Henry Odera Oruka in memoriam (Frankfurt am Maim: Peter Lang, 1997).
5. See H. Odera Oruka, ed., Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 1990 and Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1991). See also Gail M. Presbey "Ways in Which Oral Philosophy is Superior to Written Philosophy: A Look at Odera Oruka's Rural Sages" in APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience, Fall 1996; "African Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka's Challenges to The Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher," Essence: An International Journal of Philosophy (Nigeria) (Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1996); and "Who Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation of Sage Philosophy," Quest: Philosophical Discussions, Vol. XI, Nos. 1 and 2, 1997. See also the many essays in Kai Kresse and Anke Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning: Henry Odera Oruka in memoriam (Frankfurt am Maim: Peter Lang, 1997).
6. See H. Odera Oruka, ed., Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 1990 and Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1991). See also Gail M. Presbey "Ways in Which Oral Philosophy is Superior to Written Philosophy: A Look at Odera Oruka's Rural Sages" in APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience, Fall 1996; "African Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka's Challenges to The Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher," Essence: An International Journal of Philosophy (Nigeria) (Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1996); and "Who Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation of Sage Philosophy," Quest: Philosophical Discussions, Vol. XI, Nos. 1 and 2, 1997. See also the many essays in Kai Kresse and Anke Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning: Henry Odera Oruka in memoriam (Frankfurt am Maim: Peter Lang, 1997).
7. See H. Odera Oruka, ed., Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, 1990 and Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1991). See also Gail M. Presbey "Ways in Which Oral Philosophy is Superior to Written Philosophy: A Look at Odera Oruka's Rural Sages" in APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience, Fall 1996; "African Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka's Challenges to The Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher," Essence: An International Journal of Philosophy (Nigeria) (Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1996); and "Who Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation of Sage Philosophy," Quest: Philosophical Discussions, Vol. XI, Nos. 1 and 2, 1997. See also the many essays in Kai Kresse and Anke Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning: Henry Odera Oruka in memoriam (Frankfurt am Maim: Peter Lang, 1997).
8. Nicholas Dere Omolo, interviewed by H. Odera Oruka and Gail Presbey, 19 November 1995, in Omolo's home near Kisumu, Kenya. Interview in English, on tape, in possession of Presbey.
9. "Interview with Chaungo Barasa," in Kresse and Graness, Sagacious Reasoning p. 77; also in Odera Oruka, Sage Philosophy, p. 151.
10. "Interview with Chaungo Barasa," in Kresse and Graness, Sagacious Reasoning p. 77; also in Odera Oruka, Sage Philosophy, p. 151.
11. Charles Ambler, "What is the World Going to Come to?: Prophecy and Colonialism in Africa," in David M. Anderson and Douglas H. Johnson, Revealing Prophets: Prophecy in Eastern African History (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1995), pp. 225-228.
12. Kennell Jackson, in Charles Ambler, "What is the World Going to Come To?", p. 232.
13. See Michael Adas, quoted in Anderson and Johnston, Revealing Prophets, p. 13.
14. Ambler, op. cit., p. 230.
15. Olufemi Taiwo, "On the Misadventures of National Consciousness: A Retrospect on Frantz Fanon's Gift of Prophecy," in Lewis R. Gordon et al., eds., Fanon: A Critical Reader (Cambridge Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 1996), p. 255.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid., p. 256.
18. H. Odera Oruka, "Philosophy and the Environment," opening address to the World Congress of Philosophy, Nairobi, Kenya, 21 July 1991, unpublished.
19. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, p. 217.
20. H. Odera Oruka, "On Philosophy and Humanism in Africa," in Practical Philosophy, ch. 13; also in Mourad Wahba ed., Philosophy and Civilization: Proceedings of the First Afro-Asian Philosophy Conference (Cairo, 1978) and Philosophy and Social Action (V, 1979).
21. H. Odera Oruka, "On Philosophy and Humanism in Africa," in Practical Philosophy, ch. 13; also in Mourad Wahba ed., Philosophy and Civilization: Proceedings of the First Afro-Asian Philosophy Conference (Cairo, 1978) and Philosophy and Social Action (V, 1979).
22. H. Odera Oruka, "On Philosophy and Humanism in Africa," in Practical Philosophy, ch. 13; also in Mourad Wahba ed., Philosophy and Civilization: Proceedings of the First Afro-Asian Philosophy Conference (Cairo, 1978) and Philosophy and Social Action (V, 1979).
23. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, p. 72.
24. Odera Oruka, The Philosophy of Liberty: An Essay on Political Philosophy, Revised ed. (Nairobi: Standard Textbooks Graphics and Publishing, 1996), p. 51.
25. Odera Oruka, Philosophy of Liberty, pp. 66 & 72.
26. Ibid., p. 70.
27. Odera Oruka, "Philosophy of Foreign Aid," in Kresse and Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning, esp. pp. 49-51. Also see Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, Chapter 8; and Praxis International No. 8, January 1989.
28. Odera Oruka, "Philosophy of Foreign Aid," in Kresse and Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning, esp. pp. 49-51. Also see Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, Chapter 8; and Praxis International No. 8, January 1989.
29. Odera Oruka, "Philosophy of Foreign Aid," in Kresse and Graness, eds., Sagacious Reasoning, esp. pp. 49-51. Also see Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, Chapter 8; and Praxis International No. 8, January 1989.
30. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, pp. 101-102.
31. Ibid., p. xiii.
32. Ibid., pp. 71-72.
33. Ibid., ch. 9.
34. Ibid., p. 75.
35. Ibid., p. 144.
36. Tsenay Serequeberan, "Reflections on In My Father's House" in Research in African Literatures 27(1) (1996), p. 110.
37. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, ch. 12.
38. Henry Odera Oruka, Ethics, Beliefs and Attitudes Affecting Family Planning in Kenya Today: A Final Report. Report commissioned by USAID, 1995.
39. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, ch. 25.
40. H. Odera Oruka, ed., Philosophy, Humanity, and Ecology: Philosophy of Nature and Environmental Ethics (Nairobi: ACTS Press, 1994), p. ix.
41. Odera Oruka, "Philosophy and the Environment." Based on his opening address to the World Congress of Philosophy, Nairobi Kenya, 21 July 1991, unpublished.
42. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, p. 147.
43. Ibid., p. 149.
44. Ibid., ch. 24.
45. Ibid., p. 265.
46. Ibid., p. 284.
47. Odera Oruka, Practical Philosophy, pp. 283-284.
48. H. Odera Oruka, "Mahatma Gandhi and Humanism in Africa," in Kresse and Graness, Sagacious Reasoning, 133-138. Reference to "Ethnicity and Identity" in J.J. Ongonga and K.R. Gray eds., Bottlenecks to National Identity: Ethnic Cooperation Towards Nation Building, Professors' World Peace Academy, Nairobi, 1989, pp. 1-8.
49. H. Odera Oruka, "Mahatma Gandhi and Humanism in Africa," in Kresse and Graness, Sagacious Reasoning, 133-138. Reference to "Ethnicity and Identity" in J.J. Ongonga and K.R. Gray eds., Bottlenecks to National Identity: Ethnic Cooperation Towards Nation Building, Professors' World Peace Academy, Nairobi, 1989, pp. 1-8.
50. Oruka, "Mahatma Gandhi," p. 136.
51. I would like to thank Patrick Dikirr and Gilbert Ogutu of University of Nairobi for giving me the original impetus for addressing the futurist aspect of Odera Oruka's academic works. I also thank the Philosophy Department at University of Nairobi for agreeing to host me.