NASARA JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY

Vices [corruption] are so flagrantly integral and deeply entrenched in Nigeria's lived life, it is incontrovertible its social intercourse is governed by a wrongful ethical regime. The persistent economic catastrophe, hardship and social malaise occasioned by the dominance of wrongful operational ethos in Nigeria, ultimately, necessitate investigation into the identity of the ruling ethos, its principles and modus operandi; and for solution, the search for a viable alternative ethic. The problem, therefore, is: what kind of ethic with apparently inherent defects rules the social intercourse of the Nigerian state? Which alternate ethic potentially holds remedy for its anomalies and how is it to overcome the existing apex ethic? In this article, Iaver that neoliberalist ethical egoism is the presently dominant ethos in Nigeria. To reign supreme, it conquered Afro-Communitarian and African Humanistic ethics, indigenous ethics herein commonly identified and labelled variously as “Africa's Two Ethics,” “Africa's Two-Prong Ethics,” “Africa's Siamese Twin Ethics” or “Africa's Conjoined Ethics” (whichever best describes their mutual relationship.)For resolution of Nigeria's ethical menace, I suggest strict and meticulous implementation of Afro-humanistic ethic, an improved version of African humanistic ethic. I adopt critical analysis for the article's methodology of study.

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