Abstract
World as global village is a village of crisis where morality is
seriously endangered with particular references to Africa, there is a serious
need to attest the pathetic erosion of morality. There are diverse mechanisms
for achieving this but one potential factor that should be considered is the
potency of taboo. many Christians and Muslims regard it taboo as mere
mythical construction to low unvaried mind through superstitious and
further the relevance of African Traditional Religion. This paper argues that
it is a critical analytical blunder to examine taboo through the lens of
Western logic. Besides, modernity does not outlaw the pragmatic
significance of taboo. Hence, taboo obeys a special metaphysical logic that
draws on the synergy between the physical and the divine realm. It should
be noted that the Supreme Being is the bedrock of the Yoruba religion and
also the bedrock of moral reinforcement in Yoruba thought system. God is
the source and giver of moral laws and these moral laws are inviolate and
immutable. Any person that breaks the taboo would not go unpunished
either here now or in the hereafter afterlife). It can seem that the ancestors
on their own also help in upholding social and moral order. They serve as
the watchdog of the community making sure that all complain with the laid
down rules and regulations. They would not waste time in punishing any
members that violate or go against the laid down principles because in the
traditional Yoruba thought system, there is no “Sacred Cow”
Oluwatosin Adeoti Akintan, Olukayode Felix Oyenuga. (2020) TABOO AND MORAL REINFORCEMENT IN YORUBA TRADITIONAL THOUGHT, Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 40, Issue 01.
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