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Ethical Challenges of Authority in a Pluralistic Society: The Nigerian Example

Ethical Challenges of Authority in a Pluralistic Society: The Nigerian Example

Nwankwo, Josephat Okanumee

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Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn, Book 648

General ChristianityGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 3631335628
ISBN13: 9783631335628
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Oct 1 1998
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Pluralism is more than difference in behavioral patterns. It is a fundamental difference in worldviews, and Nigeria typifies it. It implies that autonomous individuals within a societal continuum do not constitute an integral amalgamation of a body-politic. A multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual blend, Nigeria serves as a good laboratory for pluralist test. What Nigeria needs is authority in order to articulate these plural and conflicting world-views into a reasonable discourse or committed dialogue. It is then the challenge of authority in Nigeria to reconcile the apparent incompatibilities within the multiple groups into a reasonable consensus. Plagued with the pathological equivocations of human rights, incessant military coups and counter-coups, vicious ethnic discrimination and lack of regard for meritocracy, Nigeria stands as a classical example of a leaderless society. Derided by foes as a political patchwork, and portrayed by friends as a potential volcano, all that Nigeria needs is authority that can articulate her numerous but diversified potentials into a catalyst for human development. No sustainable political or social foundations could be laid in the absence of this desideratum.

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