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100	1	0	_aMutura, Raymond _eauthor _9414987
245	0	0	_aIs the family a principle of the nation in the Kenyan constitution if examined from an Aristotelian perspective?
260			_bStrathmore University, _c2019-01-10T10:01:05Z.
520			_aThesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Applied Philosophy and Ethics (MAPE) at Strathmore University, Kenya
520			_aThe current constitution (2010 Chapter) defines family as a natural and fundamental unit of society and the necessary basis of social order. The Marriage Act (2014), Matrimonial Property Act (2013), the Children Act (2002) and the Sessional Paper on National Values (2012) provide principles of the family in relation to marriage, matrimonial property, children and how national values emerge from the family. Despite having various studies on the family, there have been few scholarly inquiries on how to assess the core principles of the family from a sound theoretical analysis. The study investigates Aristotle's principles on the family as illustrated in his book Politics and examine other foundational principles related to the family from his other books - Nichomachean Ethics and Metaphysics. The study's objective is to demonstrate how the principles expressed in the different family governing laws of Kenya are informed or not by the principles of the family as illustrated by Aristotle in his book Politics. This study uses the qualitative method, involving desktop and documentary analysis. The findings can inform and establish sound principles for Kenya's Family Policies and Laws and other African countries' laws and policies as the results reveal sound and Aristotelian principles based on a very logical theoretical framework of the four causes that has been utilized in philosophy to affirm principles about things. The three causes utilized in the study include material, formal and final causes. The fourth case, the efficient cause was not interrogated due to the tendency of research moving towards the philosophy of God.
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690			_aFamily Policy _9130631
690			_aMarriage Act--Kenya _9414988
690			_aMatrimonial Property Act --Kenya _9414989
690			_aConstitution of Kenya _914879
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856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/6249 _zConnect to this object online.
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