Patrick Effiong Ben
Biographic Data
| ID | 4433487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Effiong Ben |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick Effiong |
| FAMILY NAME | Ben |
| SIGNATURE | BEN P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3026-1899 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the Moral Implications of Henry Odera Oruka’s ‘Human Minimum’ Approach to Fighting Extreme Poverty in Africa
In this paper, I consider the concept of ‘human minimum’ as Henry Odera Oruka proposed to obligate responsibility as an approach to eliminating extreme poverty in Africa and beyond. I aim to establish why it is morally problematic and economically counterproductive to demand equal moral responsibility from all moral agents, irrespective of their economic differences, in the fight against extreme poverty. To achieve the latter, I attempt to answer…
Groupcism as an Acceptable Type of Discrimination
Sometimes I am with a group of people but feel socially distant because their activities make me think, ‘I don't belong here!’ However, the distance between me and them is not created by intentional acts of exclusion. It stems from my non‐participation in their chosen activities—the things other members of the in‐group do for fun—for personal reasons. Although we share a lot in common, such as being supporters of the same football club, staff at …
Predeterminism as a category error
I aim to establish in this article why Aribiah Attoe, like other determinists before him, got it wrong in arguing for the possibility of predeterminism in a materially evolving universe. I will do this by proving two things: I will first establish the inconsistency of the idea of predeterminism in an evolving universe. Then, I argue that the adirectionality presupposed by an evolutionary universe gives room for free will and negates the argument …
The Paradox of Ambivalent Human Interest in Innocent Asouzu’s Complementary Ethics
In this paper, I argue that the cause of morally self-defeating acts at the collective level is greed and, at the individual level, an unrestrained impulse for pleasure beyond Innocent Asouzu’s primordial instinct for self-preservation and ignorance. In investigating why humans act in self-defeating ways, Asouzu came up with two possible factors responsible for self-defeating acts: The primordial instinct for selfpreservation and ignorance. Besid…
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The Paradox of Ambivalent Human Interest in Innocent Asouzu’s Complementary Ethics
In this paper, I argue that the cause of morally self-defeating acts at the collective level is greed and, at the individual level, an unrestrained impulse for pleasure beyond Innocent Asouzu’s primordial instinct for self-preservation and ignorance. In investigating why humans act in self-defeating ways, Asouzu came up with two possible factors responsible for self-defeating acts: The primordial instinct for selfpreservation and ignorance. Besid…
Predeterminism as a category error
I aim to establish in this article why Aribiah Attoe, like other determinists before him, got it wrong in arguing for the possibility of predeterminism in a materially evolving universe. I will do this by proving two things: I will first establish the inconsistency of the idea of predeterminism in an evolving universe. Then, I argue that the adirectionality presupposed by an evolutionary universe gives room for free will and negates the argument …
Groupcism as an Acceptable Type of Discrimination
Sometimes I am with a group of people but feel socially distant because their activities make me think, ‘I don't belong here!’ However, the distance between me and them is not created by intentional acts of exclusion. It stems from my non‐participation in their chosen activities—the things other members of the in‐group do for fun—for personal reasons. Although we share a lot in common, such as being supporters of the same football club, staff at …
On the Moral Implications of Henry Odera Oruka’s ‘Human Minimum’ Approach to Fighting Extreme Poverty in Africa
In this paper, I consider the concept of ‘human minimum’ as Henry Odera Oruka proposed to obligate responsibility as an approach to eliminating extreme poverty in Africa and beyond. I aim to establish why it is morally problematic and economically counterproductive to demand equal moral responsibility from all moral agents, irrespective of their economic differences, in the fight against extreme poverty. To achieve the latter, I attempt to answer…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Enforcement (1 works) · Extreme poverty (1 works) · Human Rights and Development (1 works) · Ignorance (1 works)