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Using Kantian Ethics in Dissolving Disputes over Management and Distribution of Natural Resources in Tanzania

Received: 2 September 2024     Accepted: 20 September 2024     Published: 18 October 2024
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The broad range of the managements of the natural resources in Tanzania has resulted into the creation of complex organizations and systems which has led to the exploitation of the workers depending on these resources for livelihood. These are various groups of actors such as insurgents’ groups, minority groups, and corrupt democratically elected leaders. Obviously, these leads to internal mistrust and commotion within a state rendered in calmness and contrary to peaceful coexistence. As a researcher the bottom line of these constrains needs holistic education and realization to combat the eminent crisis at hand. Each person has a role to play for the peaceful living in a society with great goals and opportunities. The dignity and integrity of each person is a very important and at stake. My research analysis indicates how Kantian ethics will tackle the above mentioned constrains for the peaceful coexistence in the society. For Kant, every human being has a right and obligation for every moral action. In any democratic society where laws and statutes are adhered to the issues of natural resources must be accounted for with the aim of common good. Using Immanuel Kant’s dictum on categorical imperative, these transformations in the management of the natural resources in Tanzania can be effectively be achieved.

Published in International Journal of Philosophy (Volume 12, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijp.20241204.11
Page(s) 60-66
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Keywords

Natural Resources, Management, Government, Citizens, Tanzania

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  • Jordan University College, St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Morogoro, Tanzania

  • Jordan University College, St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Morogoro, Tanzania

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