Department of Philosophy

Postcolonial thinking and modes of being-with others

Woermann, Minka (EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2022)

This paper seeks to interrogate the mode of relationality – or Being-with Others – that supports a responsible postcolonial thinking. The paper draws from both the Western and African philosophical traditions. Three modes ...

Knowledge, science and rationality : in discussion with Wentzel van Huyssteen’s earlier work

Van Niekerk, Anton A. (AOSIS, 2021-08)

The background of this research study is the ongoing debate since the late 1980s about the question of the rationality and scientific status of theology. Wentzel van Huyssteen’s seminal book Teologie as Kritiese ...

The Complex 'I'. The Formation of Identity in Complex Systems

Cilliers, Paul; De Villiers-Botha, Tanya (Lawrence and Wishart, 2010)

When we deal with complex things, like human subjects or organizations, we deal with identity – that which makes a person or an organization what it is and distinguishes him/her/it from other persons or organizations, a ...

Zimitri Erasmus (2017) race otherwise : forging a new humanism for South Africa

Msimang, Phila Mfundo (Wits University Press, 2020)

Race Otherwise is a contemporary exploration of race and identity in South Africa that attempts to provide us with a new form of humanism that may help us overcome or at least challenge and disrupt racialisation. This book ...

The ethics of responsibility: fallibilism, futurity and phronesis

Van Niekerk, Anton A. (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this article, I deal with the issue of a possible ethics of responsibility (ER) from a philosophical perspective in general, and bioethics in particular. My aim is to explore whether an ER is able to ...

An Evaluation of the Readiness of Corporate Governance Frameworks to deal with Crises: A Covid-19 Perspective

Paseka Nicolas, Masiu (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)

ENGLISH SUMMARY: This study investigates the adequacy of the current corporate governance frameworks by evaluating their efficiency relative to the context of crises. The Covid-19 pandemic is identified as the ideal case ...

The nurse educator’s perspective on nursing ethics education

Munkanda, Waltraud (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY: Nursing ethics education facilitates the teaching and learning of ethics in nursing. However, the extent to which ethics education is integrated as part of nursing education is uncertain, and this poses ...

Better never to have been in the wild: a case for weak wildlife antinatalism

Raal, Ludwig (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)

ENGLISH SUMMARY: Most people have an idyllic view of nature and believe that wild animals have good lives. But nature is a hostile place. In addition to the suffering inflicted upon prey by their predators, many wild animals ...

Privacy as a common good in the age of big data

Roux, Josephine Anne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)

ENGLISH SUMMARY: In this thesis, I support the claim that Big Data poses a significant threat to liberal democracy through its violation of citizens’ privacy and consequently argue that in order to address this threat, it ...

Foucault in the epidemic: (re)reading gay subjectivity in a post-AIDS landscape

Louw, Emile (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)

ENGLISH SUMMARY: This research project aims to present an extensive reading of Michel Foucault in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Western world. It will evaluate the potential of the works of Foucault in ...

"Die pot kook oral" : NP van Wyk Louw, Johannes Degenaar en Afrikaanse dekolonisering

Du Toit, Louise (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2020)

Die hoofdoel van hierdie artikel is om moontlike dekoloniale momente in NP van Wyk Louw se denke na te speur. In die eerste plek gee ek 'n kort oorsig oor die kritiese gesprek tussen Louw en Johan Degenaar, met die vraagstuk ...

When bodies speak differently : putting Judith Butler in conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on nonviolent resistance

Du Toit, Louise; Vosloo, Jana (MDPI, 2021)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article puts political philosopher Judith Butler in conversation with Gandhi, on the topic of nonviolent resistance. More particularly, we compare them on a systematic philosophical level. Although ...

AI & Bioterrorism: an overview of the ethical risks involved

Erasmus, Tristesse (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In modern day society, we are becoming all the more dependent on technology and its continued advancements. Technological advancement, however, is not a wholly beneficial issue. The dual nature of ...

A philosophical investigation of virginity testing in Kwazulu-Natal: a contribution to the multiculturalism and feminism debate.

Dlamini, Lennox Khulekani (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A debate has broken out between promoters of multiculturalism and those of feminism. Even though both can be said to be interested in some form of equality, some feminists argue that multiculturalists’ ...

Bitcoin versus Fiat currency: An ethical perspective

Martin, Moegamat Rayan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of this thesis is to investigate the ethics of Bitcoin and fiat currency from a libertarian perspective. To achieve this goal, I compare Bitcoin and fiat by investigating their social, environmental ...

A feminist rereading of the figure of Winnie Mandela

Smith, Charla Emmarentia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation uses two levels of analysis to explore the meaning that was made of the figure of Winnie Mandela throughout her life. The first level exposes the patriarchal, nationalist image of her ...

Environmental and Biosafety Research Ethics Committees: Guidelines and Principles for Ethics Reviewers in the South African Context

Van Rooyen, Maricel (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the last two decades, there was an upsurge of research and innovation in biotechnology and related fields, leading to exciting new discoveries in areas such as the engineering of biological processes, ...