International Journal of Law, Management and Social Science http://www.bharatpublication.com (IJLMSS) 2018, Vol. No. 2, Issue No. III, Jul-Sep ISSN:2581-3498 1 BHARAT PUBLICATION REFLECTIONS ON MONEY IN OUR WORLD TODAY: TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY Bisong, Peter Bisong Department of Philosophy University of Calabar - Calabar ABSTRACT Money as it were, was conceived and used as a means of exchange for goods and services. The role of money as such is traceable to the era of ‘trade by barter’, which progressed to the period where commodities, silver, gold and other valuable items were used as money. This further developed to the idea of money as we have it today. The questions that come to mind when we reflect on the origin of money are: what was the need for money? How was money sought for? How was it used? Would the answers for these questions, be the same today, where the insatiable drive for money, make people to do anything in order to get it? Even those who have enough still struggle and fight for more. This unruly quest for money has led to a lot of social maladies, which is a reason which is justification of this paper. The paper proposed a reorientation of the minds of men towards the proper pursuit, and use of money. This is in view of articulating a philosophy of money which can guide human attitude and praxis towards money in our world today. It is the belief of the researchers, that when this is done, that is the moment when money will once again assume its proper role in the society – to serve man, rather than being the lord of man. The methods adopted in this research are argumentation and clarification which represent the philosophical method. INTRODUCTION Money is one of the most ingenious creations of man. Its origin dates as far back as 9000 BCE (Davieshttp://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies./arian/amser/chrono1.htm ). It is a tool that was aimed at social efficiency, social harmony and the obliteration of the self-insufficiency of man. Man is not self- sufficient. This means that he, cannot be a farmer, mechanic, tailor, carpenter, doctor, nurse etc at once. For what he cannot be or do, money serves as a remediating tool. In other words, money completes the being of man. Money is a tool of service of man‟s needs. It serves man – it is a servant of man. In recent times, however, this role of money has become questionable, informing the emergence of this paper. From the happenings in the world today, it appears money is overstepping its bounds - it no longer content itself with serving man but now lords over man. It directs, dictates and orders his activities. This will be very vivid, when we consider the many deaths, maiming, conflicts, wars, betrayal and other social ills that have befallen man through the instigation and guidance of money. Money appears to lead many by the hook to commit all manners of atrocities and has been the source of lot anomalies in the world.