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Papers by Sixtus Ibekwe

An Examination of Capitalism and the Fate of Nigeria’s Economy from the Point of View of Practical Morality

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019

Following the oil boom of 1970s, Nigeria has experienced a tremendous change in its economy. This... more Following the oil boom of 1970s, Nigeria has experienced a tremendous change in its economy. This occurred as a significant increase in the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Rapid industrialization that took place mainly in the cities of Nigeria brought along with it a special kind of social movement that involved large amount of people moving away from the rural areas to the urban areas in search of jobs and other opportunities. As a consequent, money became the only valuable thing and the government started rapid privatization of the economy; and as a result, the economy became capitalist based. This paper therefore, is an attempt to explore the moral implications that the growing free market (capitalism) has on Nigerian economy/or the people at large. Using the prescriptive method of practical ethics, and going through analysis and evaluation, the paper suggests that Nigerian government should adopt an economic model that will be in consonance with the common good!

Some Ethical Dilemmas and Principles to Consider While Managing Development Projects

Challenges of implementing transitional justice in the Lake Chad Basin and the integration/reintegration of displaced persons

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

This work contributes to the few case studies that have examined the challenges of implementing t... more This work contributes to the few case studies that have examined the challenges of implementing transitional justice in displacement contexts by using the specific case of the displacement trend in the Conventional Basin of Lake Chad to further underscore the dynamics of the problems involved in the issue. The work finds that lack of commitment to the implementation of regional policy frameworks and also the numerous weaknesses of the demobilization, deradicalization and reintegration (DDR) programmes implemented in the region have all had specific hindrances, especially in the social and political (re)integration of displaced persons in the region. The work therefore calls for more regional efforts that take into account clearer screening methods, accountability measures, as well as the (re)integration of displaced persons in the study area into the wider systems of their various home countries.

Civic Education and Its Imperative Towards Nation Building: The Nigerian Example

SSRN Electronic Journal

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

There has been a tremendous increase in the treatment of asylum seekers as security threats follo... more There has been a tremendous increase in the treatment of asylum seekers as security threats following the 9/11 attack. Australia represents an example of a country that perceives asylum seekers as a threat to the national sovereignty of the country, and this has further exacerbated a new dimension in the securitization of asylum seekers in the country. This securitization has culminated in a range of border security programmes, and Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) represents the most recent of these. This article interrogates the OSB policy from the point of view of the rationale for its implementation. The article identifies that, contrary to the mission of the OSB, the detention of asylum seekers and the turn-back operations represent the variants of risks that asylum seekers are subjected to. The article therefore calls for a more accommodating approach in the treatment of asylum seekers in Australia.

Published on Medium, 2019

Right from the 70s that environmental ethics gained its academic status, there had been two predo... more Right from the 70s that environmental ethics gained its academic status, there had been two predominant contrary modes of thinking about the environment; viz: on the one hand, what obligations and responsibilities do humans have towards the environment in order to ensure the well-being of humans inhabiting it? And on the other hand, what moral obligations do humans have towards environmental entities themselves? This ideological division can be captured as a fight between anthropocentric environmentalists and their 'extensionist' counterparts. With regard to the ideological divides between the cohorts of anthropocentrism and extensionism therefore, and in particular response to the issue on whether humans have moral obligations to nature and non-human living beings, I argue that humans have ‘moral obligations’ only to beings in their own moral community (i.e. humans), and are required to extend ‘moral empathy’ to beings in other moral communities. The separation between ‘moral obligation’ and ‘moral empathy’ here was established by challenging two age-long views in environmental ethics; viz: that only humans have intrinsic worth, and that all intrinsically worthy beings demand equal moral worship.

An Examination of Capitalism and the Fate of Nigeria’s Economy from the Point of View of Practical Morality

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019

Following the oil boom of 1970s, Nigeria has experienced a tremendous change in its economy. This... more Following the oil boom of 1970s, Nigeria has experienced a tremendous change in its economy. This occurred as a significant increase in the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Rapid industrialization that took place mainly in the cities of Nigeria brought along with it a special kind of social movement that involved large amount of people moving away from the rural areas to the urban areas in search of jobs and other opportunities. As a consequent, money became the only valuable thing and the government started rapid privatization of the economy; and as a result, the economy became capitalist based. This paper therefore, is an attempt to explore the moral implications that the growing free market (capitalism) has on Nigerian economy/or the people at large. Using the prescriptive method of practical ethics, and going through analysis and evaluation, the paper suggests that Nigerian government should adopt an economic model that will be in consonance with the common good!

Some Ethical Dilemmas and Principles to Consider While Managing Development Projects

Challenges of implementing transitional justice in the Lake Chad Basin and the integration/reintegration of displaced persons

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

This work contributes to the few case studies that have examined the challenges of implementing t... more This work contributes to the few case studies that have examined the challenges of implementing transitional justice in displacement contexts by using the specific case of the displacement trend in the Conventional Basin of Lake Chad to further underscore the dynamics of the problems involved in the issue. The work finds that lack of commitment to the implementation of regional policy frameworks and also the numerous weaknesses of the demobilization, deradicalization and reintegration (DDR) programmes implemented in the region have all had specific hindrances, especially in the social and political (re)integration of displaced persons in the region. The work therefore calls for more regional efforts that take into account clearer screening methods, accountability measures, as well as the (re)integration of displaced persons in the study area into the wider systems of their various home countries.

Civic Education and Its Imperative Towards Nation Building: The Nigerian Example

SSRN Electronic Journal

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

There has been a tremendous increase in the treatment of asylum seekers as security threats follo... more There has been a tremendous increase in the treatment of asylum seekers as security threats following the 9/11 attack. Australia represents an example of a country that perceives asylum seekers as a threat to the national sovereignty of the country, and this has further exacerbated a new dimension in the securitization of asylum seekers in the country. This securitization has culminated in a range of border security programmes, and Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) represents the most recent of these. This article interrogates the OSB policy from the point of view of the rationale for its implementation. The article identifies that, contrary to the mission of the OSB, the detention of asylum seekers and the turn-back operations represent the variants of risks that asylum seekers are subjected to. The article therefore calls for a more accommodating approach in the treatment of asylum seekers in Australia.

Published on Medium, 2019

Right from the 70s that environmental ethics gained its academic status, there had been two predo... more Right from the 70s that environmental ethics gained its academic status, there had been two predominant contrary modes of thinking about the environment; viz: on the one hand, what obligations and responsibilities do humans have towards the environment in order to ensure the well-being of humans inhabiting it? And on the other hand, what moral obligations do humans have towards environmental entities themselves? This ideological division can be captured as a fight between anthropocentric environmentalists and their 'extensionist' counterparts. With regard to the ideological divides between the cohorts of anthropocentrism and extensionism therefore, and in particular response to the issue on whether humans have moral obligations to nature and non-human living beings, I argue that humans have ‘moral obligations’ only to beings in their own moral community (i.e. humans), and are required to extend ‘moral empathy’ to beings in other moral communities. The separation between ‘moral obligation’ and ‘moral empathy’ here was established by challenging two age-long views in environmental ethics; viz: that only humans have intrinsic worth, and that all intrinsically worthy beings demand equal moral worship.