Stephen Nkansah Morgan

Stephen Nkansah Morgan has been working with the Philosophy and Classics Department of the University of Ghana for close to six years under various capacities. He is currently an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Classics. Mr. Morgan obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy with Classics in 2008 at the University of Ghana, Legon. In 2011 he obtained a Master of Philosophy in Philosophy degree from the same university in which he researched into the growing tension between individual autonomy and traditional African communities’ interest in upholding the common good with specific reference to homosexuality. His research interests are in Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics and African philosophy. He has presented wide range of papers in these areas over the years.

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS

-The notion of the public interest and the possibility of better attaining it

-Individual autonomy vis-à-vis the public interest

-Traditional African values in the contemporary global world

-African ethics and morality