Ole Jija : rethinking theft in the Yoruba ethical system

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dc.contributor.authorBalogun, Babalola Joseph
dc.contributor.authorOladipupo, Sunday Layi
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-21T07:45:50Z
dc.date.available2020-01-21T07:45:50Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 5, Issue 1, Jan 2013, p. 31 - 40en_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper rethinks the moral controversies surrounding theft within the Yoruba ethical paradigms. It argues that the concept of theft has a broader theoretical perspective amongst the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria than its narrow conception of taking without the consent of the owner to do so, prevalent especially in the Western legal frameworks. Since it is generally considered a shameful act, the paper posits that theft is morally forbidden in the Yoruba ethical system, even with a full recognition of the possibility of its being supernaturally imposed on the erring agent either by his/ her primordial choice of a faulty ori or by other inimical spiritual means, such as spells or curses. Hence, while it acknowledges the role of propitiative sacrifice as a mollifying antidote for a curse-caused act of theft, the paper dispels theft due to a bad ori, and instead prescribes modification of character through social self-rebirth, something akin to the Christian concept of being born again. In conclusion, the paper holds that a morally good person should not indulge in dishonesty in any form, should be hard-working and be ready at all times to extend a hand of alms to others who do not have, as these are the foundations upon which the Yoruba ethical system cum social code of conduct are made manifest.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBalogun, B.J. and Oladipupo, S.L., 2013. Ole Jija: Rethinking theft in the Yoruba ethical system. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(1), pp.31-40.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1921
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectethical system.en_US
dc.subjectTheften_US
dc.subjectYorubaen_US
dc.subjectOle Jijaen_US
dc.titleOle Jija : rethinking theft in the Yoruba ethical systemen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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