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Asante, B., (2014). How Should We Live?. Weiler, J. Third Social Science Conference. Winneba: University of Education.
Abstract
What makes an action right or wrong? How do we determine this?What principles must we follow in this? The paper, following the dialectical method, rehearses the major answers that the ages have offered to this timeless question. It then selects deontological liberalism in which the officials rules supersede all parochial considerations-family, church, ethnic, political etc.- and in mundane relations, the rights and liberties of others should be sovereign. It bemoans the high tendency of Ghanaians to substitute personal considerations for official rules.
What makes an action right or wrong? How do we determine this?What principles must we follow in this? The paper, following the dialectical method, rehearses the major answers that the ages have offered to this timeless question. It then selects deontological liberalism in which the officials rules supersede all parochial considerations-family, church, ethnic, political etc.- and in mundane relations, the rights and liberties of others should be sovereign. It bemoans the high tendency of Ghanaians to substitute personal considerations for official rules.
Asante, B.
Department of History Seminar. Winneba, Ghana Jan 2016
Paper presented:
Twi Expressions of Liberalism
Abstract
Liberalism is generally perceived to be a Western culture, especially its so-called unbridled permissiveness. Against this background, the Paper examined a number of Twi expressions to verify the presence or otherwise of the liberal culture in Ghanaian culture and society. This was premised on the hypothesis that language is the essence of culture. It concluded that there is abundance of liberal ideas in Ghanaian culture as manifested in numerous Twi proverbs and sayings. Consequently, liberalism is not necessarily a Western culture; it is only a matter of degree.
Liberalism is generally perceived to be a Western culture, especially its so-called unbridled permissiveness. Against this background, the Paper examined a number of Twi expressions to verify the presence or otherwise of the liberal culture in Ghanaian culture and society. This was premised on the hypothesis that language is the essence of culture. It concluded that there is abundance of liberal ideas in Ghanaian culture as manifested in numerous Twi proverbs and sayings. Consequently, liberalism is not necessarily a Western culture; it is only a matter of degree.
Asante, B.
Developing Society Through Human Security and Social Justice. Jophus Anamoah-Mensah Auditorium March 15-16, 2016
Paper presented:
Will Ghana Ever Become Norway, South Korea, Singapore or Malaysia : A Historical Prophecy?
Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper sought to answer a perennial question that has been on the minds of Ghanaians since somewhere 1964, and which agitates the minds not only of Ghanaians but Africa as a whole. Combining elements of pure argumentation and deductions from the political history of Ghana, the paper identifies the fundamental problem of Ghana’s economy since independence as reliance on primary production whose prices fluctuate widely on the world market with a high tendency for the prices to take a downward swing and argues that it is only the right type of leadership rather than any other factor- e.g. foreign aid- that can deliver the nation from this predicament. It then goes ahead to situate this type of leadership theoretically and concludes on the optimistic note that such a leader is already present in every generation and given certain circumstances the person will emerge to salvage the nation. It is only the exact time that the paper cannot tell as it depends on human will. This optimism is predicated on a similar age-old problem that the nation once overcame through the right type of leader.
ABSTRACT This paper sought to answer a perennial question that has been on the minds of Ghanaians since somewhere 1964, and which agitates the minds not only of Ghanaians but Africa as a whole. Combining elements of pure argumentation and deductions from the political history of Ghana, the paper identifies the fundamental problem of Ghana’s economy since independence as reliance on primary production whose prices fluctuate widely on the world market with a high tendency for the prices to take a downward swing and argues that it is only the right type of leadership rather than any other factor- e.g. foreign aid- that can deliver the nation from this predicament. It then goes ahead to situate this type of leadership theoretically and concludes on the optimistic note that such a leader is already present in every generation and given certain circumstances the person will emerge to salvage the nation. It is only the exact time that the paper cannot tell as it depends on human will. This optimism is predicated on a similar age-old problem that the nation once overcame through the right type of leader.
