Can unlimited profitability be obtained with the use of limited resources?

Authors

  • Marcelo Hugo Crocco Universidad Católica Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46553/cecon.42.108.2024.p112-124

Keywords:

happiness, pleasure, security, competitiveness, learning, freedom, anxiety, conflict

Abstract

The article "configures" a proposal for a permanent interpellation about the causes – eventual– and possible consequences –measurable– of utilitarian behavior, in the philosophical framework of classical economics, but, at the same time, modern, especially in the search for a path that "shows" (and symbolizes) decision-making tools, apparently of rational use, in accordance with the natural belief and ambitions of the human being. Despite the fact that he himself presupposes –perhaps in accordance with what is considered rational, by definition– that the benefits obtained, as a result of his own conduct, could seem "always unlimited", an argument that by the way, is absolutely irrational. These affirmations are based on what man adopts as "ethical commitment", even when he tries to separate economy from morality, but, given his practical or executive behavior of actions tending to seek advantages during most of his life, he could well be trapped in the "search for material pleasure", often in conflict with his own ethics, or what the person proclaims as a norm of ethics.

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Published

2024-12-30

How to Cite

Crocco, M. H. (2024). Can unlimited profitability be obtained with the use of limited resources?. Cultura Económica, 42(108), 112–124. https://doi.org/10.46553/cecon.42.108.2024.p112-124