
Abstract:
This paper develops the Principled Paradigm—Africonomics as a comprehensive framework for the moral reconstruction of civilization. It demonstrates that the contemporary global order is not merely experiencing cyclical crises but is undergoing civilizational breakdown rooted in flawed philosophical foundations: consequentialism, statism, and Darwinian anthropology. These premises dissolve objective morality, legitimize coercive power, and reduce human beings to advanced animals, producing a global system characterized by autocratic governance, institutional corruption, systemic domination, structural violence, and chronic instability. Africonomics advances a fundamentally different paradigm grounded in natural-moral law and the recognition of human beings as moral agents. It restores objective ethics as the foundation of law, economics, governance, and international relations, demonstrating that peace and prosperity are products of structural justice and principled social organization, not of centralized power or technocratic management. The paper articulates the philosophical, institutional, and civilizational implications of this paradigm. It outlines the transformation from arbitrary law to just law, from statist control to voluntary cooperation, from fiat monetary systems to sound money, and from global apartheid to principled international order. It positions Africa, through the articulation of Africonomics, as a leader in the construction of a truly civilized world.
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Manuel Tacanho
Manuel Tacanho is a social philosopher and economist; and the founder and president of the Afrindependent Institute.
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