Abstract
At the heart of Nigeria’s problem are the twin sisters of injustice and insecurity. Injustice is a vice that emanates from the choice of evil over and above the good in matters of public interest. It is a refusal to give each individual and/ or federating entities of a nation what is due to them in terms of social amenities, goods and services, appointments and other benefits that accrue to people on the basis of the social contract. Insecurity is a failure by the government to provide one of the essential physical needs of the citizens – security of national boundary, life and property of the citizens. The aim of this paper is to apply philosophical lens to these twin problem in order to establish rational grounds for possible solution to the problems by examining integrated device technologies. Philosophy is often critical of technology; but Heidegger’s words of wisdom can help in order to enter into a relationship with technology. Heidegger admonished: “the essence of technology is mysterious but where the danger is there lies the saving grace.†The research believes that the application of integrated device technologies can help in generating statistics, evidence-based cases as well as hardware to fight factors of injustice and insecurity. Dialogical method of philosophy is also to be employed to dismantle obstacles from one-sided view of the situation or discursive narrative in favour of one side. Keywords: Integrated Device Technologies, Injustice, Insecurity
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