Understanding social freedom and humanism in Odera Oruka's philosophy
Abstract
H. Odera Oruka’s philosophy, as can be discerned from his various works, revolves around the
issue of social justice. In this paper I seek to show how Oruka’s idea of social justice is
inextricably bound up with his conceptions of human rights and humanism, and his contention
that one of the fundamental principles of social justice is the recognition and realization of the
human minimum as the most basic universal human right.
Citation
Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK)Publisher
Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, University of Nairobi