Odera Oruka and the Right to a Human Minimum: An African Philosopher's Defense of Human Dignity and Environment

Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (2022)
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This book advances Oruka's argument that the right to a human minimum is the most basic and necessary means to ensuring human dignity, a precondition to functioning as a moral agent. It also defends and promotes an understanding of justice as ensuring both egalitarian and ecological fairness at the global level.

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