Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues
Biographic Data
| ID | 459530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luís |
| FAMILY NAME | Cordeiro-Rodrigues |
| SIGNATURE | CORDEIRO-RODRIGUES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hunan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 32 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Ethical Justification of Health Workers’ Strikes in Zimbabwe during Covid-19
A Zhuangzian perspective on the moral standing of combatants
On Animal Cruelty in Cultural Practices
Bridging Integrative Medicine and AI
This piece defends an integrative medicine approach to Medical AI, grounded in a Daoist perspective. Specifically, it draws on the Daoist classic Zhuangzi to argue that algorithms in medical AI should not be restricted to offering diagnoses and treatments from a Western medical perspective alone. Instead, medical AI should be prepared to provide patients with various forms of alternative medicine (such as Chinese medicine). This can significantly…
Zhuangzian philosophy as a guiding principle in medical AI
This piece defends that the Zhuangzian philosophy can help mitigate paternalism and bias in medical artificial intelligence. Zhuangzian philosophy, by claiming that our knowledge is limited, requiring that we incorporate different views to enrich our understanding and setting limits on the toleration of diversity, provides an insightful perspective on how algorithms can mitigate bias and paternalism
Relational Ontology, Lesser Evils, and the African Limited God View
Are the existence of God and evil logically compatible? Philosophers have been dwelling on this question since the era of Ancient Greek philosophy. Most responses to this philosophical problem have come from a Western viewpoint. This article aims to answer this question by considering an African cosmological and ethical groundwork. Working conceptually within this cosmology and ethic, we argue that if the evil in the world is understood as a less…
Pharmaceutical Patents and Vaccination Justice
The production of vaccines for COVID-19 has been far from ideal in terms of meeting world demand, thereby mitigating the infections and deaths caused by the pandemic. Part of the reason production has been inefficient is that those pharmaceutical companies that own the vaccine do not have sufficient productive capacity to meet demand. Resultantly, many have advocated for waiving patent rights to the vaccine so it can be massively produced worldwi…
Angolan Political Thought
Angolan Political Thought introduces anticolonial thinkers whose writings on colonialism and liberation have been instrumental in the formation of Angolan identity. It focuses on the political nature of these thinkers and how their work has impacted Angolan political reality. Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues both introduces and critically analyzes the thought of Queen Njinga, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Agostinho Neto and Pepetela and systematically addresses…
Christianity in the Kingdom of Kongo and Western Theism
Philosophers have been intrigued by the problem of evil for centuries: How can God and evil coexist? This article tries to answer this question by using Kongolese religious thought from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I contend that the Kongolese view gleaned from historical sources and complemented by contemporary African philosophical scholarship contains sufficient resources to reply to this problem coherently. Particularly, I argue t…
African Philosophy of Religion from a Global Perspective
In this essay, we explore what the African Philosophy of Religion would look like from both a mono-disciplinary and comparative perspectives. To do this, a few concepts such as Gods, ancestorhood, relationality, and the problem of evil that appear in the essays in this special issue will be highlighted. Our aim here is not to provide a lengthy and rigorous analysis of the field of African Philosophy of Religion or even some of its main concepts, …
Pathways Towards a Global Philosophy of Religion
In this article, we will make the case for an intercultural philosophy of religion with a special focus on interculturality between Chinese and African philosophies. We will provide an overview of the kind of intercultural philosophy that has already been undertaken between the East and the South and point out that a philosophy of religion has been left out. We will then make the case for a global philosophy of religion approach and why Chinese a…
African relational ontology, personhood and immutability
In the Western theist tradition, the conception of a person tends to be understood as an intrinsic property. Hence, the classification of someone as a person does not depend on relational aspects of that person. From this, Western theists often understand that their conception of God as a person does not clash with the idea of immutability. In this article, I challenge the idea that being a person and being immutable are compatible properties by …
Religion, Animals, and the Problem of Evil
The fact that there is animal suffering in the world seems to challenge the existence of God. This is because although we can find plausible reasons for the existence of human suffering (the pursuit of a greater good), it seems that the suffering of animals in the world is gratuitous and serves no function in terms of the pursuit of a greater good. In this article, however, we challenge the idea that animal suffering poses a problem to the existe…
An African Approach to Western Islamophobia
Islamophobia is a form of prejudice significantly widespread in Western societies. To date, very little research in moral and political philosophy has been done to explain why Islamophobia is morally wrong. This article has the objective of addressing this gap in the literature by looking at Islamophobia in the West. In particular, the aim of this article is to explain why Islamophobia, in its Western expression, is morally wrong, articulating an…
Colonial Legacies and African Reparations
The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a strong negative impact on African countries. This is due to the fact that poverty has reduced the ability of these countries to implement health measures that are necessary to address the pandemic. In this article, I contend that colonialism has a role to play in this reduced ability to respond to the current crisis. Hence I argue that Ubuntu ethics imposes responsibility on European governments t…
Khoikhoi perspectives on public health
The under-explored Khoikhoi indigenous values offer useful insights for resource allocation, confinement policies, vaccination and triaging strategies in the context of South Africa, and globally
African higher education and decolonizing the teaching of philosophy
In recent years, different places in the world have witnessed demands for the decolonization of education. Nevertheless, it is not completely clear how this ought to be carried out. There are various factors that influence what such decolonization may entail, including the geographical place for decolonization and the discipline being decolonized. This requires a specific analysis of each context. In this article, I wish to make a proposal for ho…
On what matters
This short piece is a reply to Galgut and Glover’s comment on my article. I put forward two responses to their contentions. Firstly, I uphold that they misinterpret my argument, attribute to me claims I do not make, and offer responses that do not challenge my core thesis. Secondly, I demonstrate that the examples of racialization I provide are relevant for the animals-off-the-menu proposal
Minority Cultural Rights and Bullfighting in a Portuguese Context
A topic in contemporary political philosophy that has received substantial attention recently is whether minorities have the right to mistreat nonhuman animals. Mostly the debate is focused on minority practices in the West, such as Muslim religious slaughtering. However, other minority contexts, especially Iberian ones, have been largely ignored. In this article, I place the Portuguese case study at the center of political philosophy debates and…
The ethics of prioritisation and advocacy dilemmas
Animal, Basta and PAN are the main advocates of animal rights in Portugal. These groups have prioritised abolishing bullfighting over other causes. It is the purpose of this article to challenge the reasons why this prioritisation was made and argue that pro-vegan campaigns should be prioritised. I argue that this prioritisation ought not to be made for a variety of reasons. Namely animal farming is the main cause of suffering; the educational ar…
The South African land question in light of Nelson Mandela's political thought
Land redistribution in post-apartheid South Africa is a problem that has caused division and violence in the country. Particularly, the dispossession of land suffered by many Africans in South Africa and the failure of land redistribution programmes has led to a variety of protests. In this article, we analyse whether, in light of Nelson Mandela’s thought, these protests are morally justified. The point is not to contend that Mandela’s thought is…
Looking closer at sexualities
Animal Abolitionism Revisited
Towards a Tutuist Ethics of War
In a recent article in Politikon, Colin Chasi outlined and analysed Desmond Tutu's ethics, teasing out the implications of these to just war theory. Chasi, who follows a Metzian interpretation of Tutu's ethics, concluded that Tutuism offers little guidance for war ethics. In this article, I wish to respond to Chasi and argue that his interpretation of Tutuist ethics is not charitable enough. I present two sets of arguments to support this view. F…
Killing a bull with bare hands
Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Luís (2018): Killing a bull with bare hands: Ukweshwama and Zulu cultural accommodation. Anthropozoologica 53 (16): 187-194, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2018v53a16
African higher education and decolonizing the teaching of philosophy
In recent years, different places in the world have witnessed demands for the decolonization of education. Nevertheless, it is not completely clear how this ought to be carried out. There are various factors that influence what such decolonization may entail, including the geographical place for decolonization and the discipline being decolonized. This requires a specific analysis of each context. In this article, I wish to make a proposal for ho…
Towards a Tutuist Ethics of War
In a recent article in Politikon, Colin Chasi outlined and analysed Desmond Tutu's ethics, teasing out the implications of these to just war theory. Chasi, who follows a Metzian interpretation of Tutu's ethics, concluded that Tutuism offers little guidance for war ethics. In this article, I wish to respond to Chasi and argue that his interpretation of Tutuist ethics is not charitable enough. I present two sets of arguments to support this view. F…
Hidden and Unintended Racism and Speciesism in the Portuguese Animal Rights Movement
The Portuguese animal rights movement has been extremely active in campaigning against bullfighting. Indeed, from 2002 to 2014, this was their main priority in terms of campaigns. In this article, I assess how these campaigns have been carried out, arguing that the animal rights movement in Portugal has been othering supporters and practitioners of bullfights in their campaigns. In other words, their campaigns have consisted of drawing a sharp co…
Religion, Animals, and the Problem of Evil
The fact that there is animal suffering in the world seems to challenge the existence of God. This is because although we can find plausible reasons for the existence of human suffering (the pursuit of a greater good), it seems that the suffering of animals in the world is gratuitous and serves no function in terms of the pursuit of a greater good. In this article, however, we challenge the idea that animal suffering poses a problem to the existe…
The South African land question in light of Nelson Mandela's political thought
Land redistribution in post-apartheid South Africa is a problem that has caused division and violence in the country. Particularly, the dispossession of land suffered by many Africans in South Africa and the failure of land redistribution programmes has led to a variety of protests. In this article, we analyse whether, in light of Nelson Mandela’s thought, these protests are morally justified. The point is not to contend that Mandela’s thought is…
Animal Abolitionism Revisited
Animal Abolitionism and ‘Racism without Racists’
Animals in China
"Animals in China: Law and Society." Anthrozoös, 29(3), pp. 525–526
Hidden and Unintended Racism and Speciesism in the Portuguese Animal Rights Movement
The Portuguese animal rights movement has been extremely active in campaigning against bullfighting. Indeed, from 2002 to 2014, this was their main priority in terms of campaigns. In this article, I assess how these campaigns have been carried out, arguing that the animal rights movement in Portugal has been othering supporters and practitioners of bullfights in their campaigns. In other words, their campaigns have consisted of drawing a sharp co…
Are future generations that belong to language minorities entitled to group rights
In this article, I investigate to what extent future generations that belong to language minorities are entitled to group rights that protect their linguistic identity. In particular, I assess whether these future generations are entitled to assistance rights, symbolic claims, self-government rights and exemptions from the law. To address this I outline three arguments supporting group rights for current generations and raise the question of whet…
Criminal law, multicultural jurisdictions and cultural evidence
This article investigates whether providing minority groups with power over criminal law can create injustices that target lesbians, gays and bisexuals within those groups. In order to carry out the task of evaluating to what extent providing power over criminal law to minority groups can result in negative consequences for lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals, this paper assesses the work of Ayelet Shachar. I contend that her model leaves lesbi…
Animals in China
"Animals in China: Law and Society." Anthrozoös, 29(3), pp. 525–526
Animals, Race, and Multiculturalism
Animal Abolitionism and ‘Racism without Racists’
Understanding the Impact of the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act (Aeta) on Animal Advocacy
Racisms. From the crusades to the twentieth
Racisms. From the Crusades to the Twentieth by Francisco Bethencourt is a brilliant book on the history of racism in the West. In this magnificent book, Bethencourt defines racism as a form of prej
Looking closer at sexualities
Animal Abolitionism Revisited
Towards a Tutuist Ethics of War
In a recent article in Politikon, Colin Chasi outlined and analysed Desmond Tutu's ethics, teasing out the implications of these to just war theory. Chasi, who follows a Metzian interpretation of Tutu's ethics, concluded that Tutuism offers little guidance for war ethics. In this article, I wish to respond to Chasi and argue that his interpretation of Tutuist ethics is not charitable enough. I present two sets of arguments to support this view. F…
Killing a bull with bare hands
Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Luís (2018): Killing a bull with bare hands: Ukweshwama and Zulu cultural accommodation. Anthropozoologica 53 (16): 187-194, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2018v53a16
Minority Cultural Rights and Bullfighting in a Portuguese Context
A topic in contemporary political philosophy that has received substantial attention recently is whether minorities have the right to mistreat nonhuman animals. Mostly the debate is focused on minority practices in the West, such as Muslim religious slaughtering. However, other minority contexts, especially Iberian ones, have been largely ignored. In this article, I place the Portuguese case study at the center of political philosophy debates and…
The ethics of prioritisation and advocacy dilemmas
Animal, Basta and PAN are the main advocates of animal rights in Portugal. These groups have prioritised abolishing bullfighting over other causes. It is the purpose of this article to challenge the reasons why this prioritisation was made and argue that pro-vegan campaigns should be prioritised. I argue that this prioritisation ought not to be made for a variety of reasons. Namely animal farming is the main cause of suffering; the educational ar…
The South African land question in light of Nelson Mandela's political thought
Land redistribution in post-apartheid South Africa is a problem that has caused division and violence in the country. Particularly, the dispossession of land suffered by many Africans in South Africa and the failure of land redistribution programmes has led to a variety of protests. In this article, we analyse whether, in light of Nelson Mandela’s thought, these protests are morally justified. The point is not to contend that Mandela’s thought is…
An African Approach to Western Islamophobia
Islamophobia is a form of prejudice significantly widespread in Western societies. To date, very little research in moral and political philosophy has been done to explain why Islamophobia is morally wrong. This article has the objective of addressing this gap in the literature by looking at Islamophobia in the West. In particular, the aim of this article is to explain why Islamophobia, in its Western expression, is morally wrong, articulating an…
Colonial Legacies and African Reparations
The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a strong negative impact on African countries. This is due to the fact that poverty has reduced the ability of these countries to implement health measures that are necessary to address the pandemic. In this article, I contend that colonialism has a role to play in this reduced ability to respond to the current crisis. Hence I argue that Ubuntu ethics imposes responsibility on European governments t…
Khoikhoi perspectives on public health
The under-explored Khoikhoi indigenous values offer useful insights for resource allocation, confinement policies, vaccination and triaging strategies in the context of South Africa, and globally
African higher education and decolonizing the teaching of philosophy
In recent years, different places in the world have witnessed demands for the decolonization of education. Nevertheless, it is not completely clear how this ought to be carried out. There are various factors that influence what such decolonization may entail, including the geographical place for decolonization and the discipline being decolonized. This requires a specific analysis of each context. In this article, I wish to make a proposal for ho…
On what matters
This short piece is a reply to Galgut and Glover’s comment on my article. I put forward two responses to their contentions. Firstly, I uphold that they misinterpret my argument, attribute to me claims I do not make, and offer responses that do not challenge my core thesis. Secondly, I demonstrate that the examples of racialization I provide are relevant for the animals-off-the-menu proposal
Christianity in the Kingdom of Kongo and Western Theism
Philosophers have been intrigued by the problem of evil for centuries: How can God and evil coexist? This article tries to answer this question by using Kongolese religious thought from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I contend that the Kongolese view gleaned from historical sources and complemented by contemporary African philosophical scholarship contains sufficient resources to reply to this problem coherently. Particularly, I argue t…
African Philosophy of Religion from a Global Perspective
In this essay, we explore what the African Philosophy of Religion would look like from both a mono-disciplinary and comparative perspectives. To do this, a few concepts such as Gods, ancestorhood, relationality, and the problem of evil that appear in the essays in this special issue will be highlighted. Our aim here is not to provide a lengthy and rigorous analysis of the field of African Philosophy of Religion or even some of its main concepts, …
Pathways Towards a Global Philosophy of Religion
In this article, we will make the case for an intercultural philosophy of religion with a special focus on interculturality between Chinese and African philosophies. We will provide an overview of the kind of intercultural philosophy that has already been undertaken between the East and the South and point out that a philosophy of religion has been left out. We will then make the case for a global philosophy of religion approach and why Chinese a…
African relational ontology, personhood and immutability
In the Western theist tradition, the conception of a person tends to be understood as an intrinsic property. Hence, the classification of someone as a person does not depend on relational aspects of that person. From this, Western theists often understand that their conception of God as a person does not clash with the idea of immutability. In this article, I challenge the idea that being a person and being immutable are compatible properties by …
Religion, Animals, and the Problem of Evil
The fact that there is animal suffering in the world seems to challenge the existence of God. This is because although we can find plausible reasons for the existence of human suffering (the pursuit of a greater good), it seems that the suffering of animals in the world is gratuitous and serves no function in terms of the pursuit of a greater good. In this article, however, we challenge the idea that animal suffering poses a problem to the existe…
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