Cubanaism and the Igbo Business Philosophy
receivers in a network of social relations (Sander-Staudt, 2020). Care in this wise involves maintaining the world of, and meeting the needs of, ourself and others (Ibid). What moralism enjoins is that: ‘in any action within relationships, the other must be thought of first or alongside the self.’ Momoh (1991, p. 129) emphasizes that what moralism is saying is that everyone and every unit in the society has a duty to perform with no corresponding right to assert and the guideline for performing that duty is that satisfaction of the legitimate, legal and moral needs and wants of the other. Africapitalist: Okay, I see. The Sage: Moralism is based on five interconnected principles namely: think of the other before or alongside yourself; help; think of the interest of the weak before or alongside that of the strong; help the weak before the strong; the interest and help of the whole is paramount and supreme (Ibid. pp. 127-129).You will observe that the other four principles seem to be derivatives of the first which is the core of the moralism, hence my relation of this doctrine to Africapitalism will focus on the first principle. Africapitalist: How would you relate moralism to Africapitalism? The Sage: Moralism is a systemic and comprehensive ideology which allows it to relate with Africapitalism. In his conceptualisation of moralism, Momohpoint out the systemic nature of capitalism and socialism and this limits it operability to economic spheres of state systems. Both theories do not extend to person-to-person relations which Africapitalism aims to maintain within economic transactions. This, for instance, is exemplified in the preference of including 90 | Page
