John Ouko
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.