OLANIPEKUN Olusola Victor

Lecturer 1

Email address(es): olanipekuno@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: HB1-RM 405

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4324-9503

Academic Qualifications: B.A., M.A.

Areas of Specialization: ETHICS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Title of M.A. Thesis: A PHILOSOPHICAL DEFENCE OF MORAL ANTI-REALISM

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: NORMATIVE CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNIVERSALISM IN ETHICS

Ongoing Current Research:

NORMATIVE CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNIVERSALISM IN ETHICS

Publications:

Famakinwa, J.O. and Olanipekun, O.V. (2020) “On the Limit of Radical Communitarian Cultural Community” in F. Omidire, A.O. Oladosu, G. Fasiku and V.S. Alumona (eds.) The Nexus between Philosophy and Culture, Published by The Institute of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. pp. 81-92. (Nigeria).

Olanipekun, O.V. (2020) “The Quest for African Development: Some Conceptual Issues” in L. O. Adewole, David O. Ògúngbilé, Kehinde A. Ayoola, Folasade Hunsu, and A. O. Ogunyemi (eds.) The Humanities and the Challenges of Development in Africa, Published by The Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. pp.241-252. (Nigeria).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2017a). “Putting Ethics First: An Appraisal of Bertrand Russell’s Methods of Estimating Goods” International Journal of Research in Arts and Social Sciences, Vol. 10. No. 1&2, pp. 166-174. Society for Research and Academic Excellence, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. (Nigeria).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2017b). “Omoluabi: Re-thinking the Concept of Virtue in Yoruba Culture and Moral System” Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, vol.10, No.9, pp.217-231. (USA).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2018a) “How Our Rights Affect Their Rights: Rethinking Animal Rights in Africa” Inkanyiso: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.Vol.10 No.1. Pp.122-129. University of Zululand (South Africa).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2018b). “Perception, Sensitive Knowledge and the Problem of Independent Existence of the Material World in Lockean Empiricism” Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities: Philosophica. Vol.12, No.1, pp.44-56. Palacky University, Olomouc (Czech Republic).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2018c). “Lehrer on Knowledge, Truth and Evidence” University of Uyo Journal of Humanities. vol. 22, No.1&2, pp. 133-140. Faculty of Arts, University of Uyo, Uyo (Nigeria).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2018d). “Humean Desire and Anti-Humean Belief: Revisiting the Debate on Moral Motivation” Cogito: Multi-Disciplinary Research Journal. Vol. X, no. 2, pp. 19-33. “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest (Romania).

Olanipekun, O. V. (2020a). “Democracy and Consensus in Traditional Africa: A Critique of Kwasi Wiredu” Inkanyiso: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.Vol.12 No.1. pp.1-10. University of Zululand (South Africa).

Olanipekun, O.V. (2020b) “The Failure Argument in Ethan Nadelmann’s ‘The Case for Legalization of Drugs’” Cogito: Multi-Disciplinary Research Journal. Vol. xii, no. 3, pp. 193-203. “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest (Romania).

Olanipekun, O.V. (2021) “Political Corruption in Africa: Revisiting Kwame Gyekye’s Moral Solution” The African Review: Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs. Vol. 48, No.1, pp. 1-18. Brill. (Netherlands).