FEMINISM AND THE QUESTION OF THE CULTURE OF WAR
Sr No:
Page No:
147-152
Language:
English
Authors:
Bruno Yammeluan IKULI, PhD*
Received:
2025-05-08
Accepted:
2025-05-21
Published Date:
2025-05-25
Abstract:
The paper aimed at assessing the contemporary values of the human person,
especially as a women in the midst of the contemporary valuations of conflicts and wars
as a means of development. It is about the feminist-ethical conception and evaluation of
the operational practice of the imposing Culture of War as against the Culture of Peace,
and how it is effecting the development of the womenfolk. It recognized that ethics has
being for the operational values of the human persons as subjects of lived experiences
based on the choices we make. This has being for the promotion, protection and respect
for the fundamental human rights, especially the right to life, which gives a firmed
foundation for other rights for the sustainability of the society in harmony, peace, equity
and justice. The paper recognized that these qualities of living in any given society cannot
be promoted by the Culture of War. As such, the feminist ethicists with the contemporary
feminist movements and interests to reposition the womenfolk in relation to the
sustainability of the whole human race; advocate for possible eradication of the Culture of
War in every society as practiced by the governments of the nations. Adopting
phenomenological method of analysis, the paper concluded that the feminist ethicists
recognized that the society can be more peaceful and orderly when the lives and values of
women in reference to the valuation of all lives, and learn the justice and the values of the
society are dependable on the values such society has on the women as subjects of lived
experiences.
Keywords:
Culture of Person, Culture of War, Ethics, Feminism, Feminist Ethics, Human Person, Human Values, Social Order, Women Rights.