VALUE-JUDGEMENT AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN AN AFRICAN NATION: RETHINKING NATIONAL SECURITY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

This essay examines the important problem of the proper conception of political philosophy that can ensure the security, survival and well-being of both the individual and the society. It clarifies the role of values in socio-political discourse and we use the problem of national security as a basis for the analysis of the right disposition of intellectuals to the matters affecting human life. Most especially, we seek a conception of political philosophy which can ensure the well-being and survival of the society.


(Humanities Review: 2001 1(1): 47-60)