John Ouko

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Assistant Lecturer

History and Philosophy

 

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Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, Michigan State University
  • M.A, Philosophy, University of Nairobi

Interests and Expertise

  • Applied Ethics, especially Global Ethics and Medical Ethics
  • Social and Political Philosophy
  • African and African-American Philosophies
  • Philosophy of Religion

Courses

  • PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
  • ENVI 105 Introduction to Environment & Society
  • PHIL 110 Philosophies of Life
  • PHIL 220 Ethics
  • PHIL 215 Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 223 Medical Ethics
  • PHIL 225 Philosophy & Society
  • PHIL 228 Global Ethics
  • PHIL 229 Environmental Ethics

Publications and Presentations

  • “Albert Borgmann’s Metaphysics of Information and Communication Technologies: A Critique”, a paper presented at Michigan Philosophical Association meeting in Flint, Michigan, on October 4th, 2019.
  • “Transcribing and Translating Sage Interviews” a talk presented at an African Philosophy Workshop at Columbia University in New York on December 8, 2017.
  • “The Moral Gap between Traditional African Institutions and Modern African States,” a paper presented at African Studies Association 60th Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, from November 16 – 18, 2017.
  • “False Consciousness as a Major Hindrance to Control of Corruption in Africa,” A paper presented at the 8th International Conference on African Development 2014 (8th ICAD), held at Western Michigan University on August 14-16, 2014.
  • “African Philosophy: Trends and Misconceptions” a talk given at Michigan State University’s African Studies Center in October 2010.
  • “How Human Rights should be Conceived,” for a special issue of Theoria, A Journal of Social and Political Theory. This article is under review.
  • “False Consciousness as a Major Hindrance to Control of Corruption in Africa,” in International Journal of African Development, Spring 2015, Vol. 2: Issue. 2, Article 4.
  • “Feminist Bioethics in the Global Scene” in International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (IJFAB). Indiana University Press, Spring 2009, Volume 2, Number 1 pp. 59-70.
  • “Introduction- The Ethics of Agricultural Intensification: An Interdisciplinary and International Conversation” in The Ethics of Intensification: Agricultural Development and Cultural Change. Edited by Paul Thompson. Dordrecht, NL: Springer, 2008, pp. 1-17
  • “Some Human Rights Issues in Agricultural Intensification” in The Ethics of Intensification: Agricultural Development and Cultural Change. Edited by Paul Thompson. Dordrecht, NL: Springer, 2008, pp. 121-129.