Utilitarianism and modern subjectivity: A critical study from Hegel’s filosophy
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modernity, reason, subjectivity, preferenceCopyright (c) 2022 Ignacio Trucco
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Abstract
Utilitarianism constitutes the basic moral philosophy on which marginalist economic theory is built, the most accepted in the disciplinary field. Different perspectives have objected to its validity, denying that utilitarianism adequately reflects the intersubjective reality that is put into action when producing economic phenomena. However, the criticism that can be deduced of Hegel's philosophical system, of his philosophy of the subjective Spirit, is less well known. This work compares these two moral philosophies taking as the articulating axis the tension between desire, culture and freedom, and its consequences for economic research.
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