EKPOMA REVIEW

In looking at the urgent desire to establish a stable and viable social order, there is need to conceptualize a philosophy of society. This can be done by sustaining mechanisms of social control and progress. A key step is to define accepted and established rules for harmonizing the diverse interests of the groups for national development. The current state of affair reveals that there is a dislocation between the acquisition of; education ;and; the; possibility; of; increased; social; responsibility, freedom and purposive action. There is another disconnection that is clearly seen in the lack of shared beliefs, attitudes and values among the rulers themselves, the rulers and the ruled, as well as between the various segments of the Nigerian society. This situation has ensured that; insecurity,; indifference; and; conflicts; remained; endemic; in; the nation. These have triggered questions about human survival and have forced a return to the study of the basics of human nature especially the ways that natural abilities can be tied to socially grown skills. There is a disconnection here that requires some clarification. Therefore, in order to overcome a recalcitrant human nature and social system, a higher value; needs; to; be; identified,; entrenched ;and; given; legitimacy; as; a directing principle of a viable, stable and progressive social order. Social order aims at discovering how people can live in peaceful cooperation, obedience to laws, and amenability to social organization. The quest for social order is based on the search for a philosophy for society that is fashioned out of a climate of beliefs, behaviour and actions.

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