What is economic personalism? A phenomenological analysis

Zuniga y Postigo, Gloria (2001): What is economic personalism? A phenomenological analysis. Published in: Journal of Markets and Morality , Vol. 4, No. 2 (2001): pp. 151-175.

Abstract

Much like phenomenology, the philosophical movement of economic personalism has preceded its complete and clear awareness of itself as a philosophical position. This paper attempts to articulate what exactly this position is by employing realist phenomenology as its analytical tool. The organization of this paper consists of three parts. The first is a linguistic analysis of the names 'economics' and 'personalism' that attempts to arrive at a joint meaning of these terms. The second is a regressive inquiry from meaning to a priori apprehension, and this examination is aimed at making the essential nature of economic personalism perspicuous. The third presents the necessary and sufficient conditions for either conduct or a situation to quality as a object in the domain of economic personalism.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Additional Information: This is an application of social ontology with the aim to examine social capital formation.
• Language: English
• Keywords: economic personalism; personalism; phenomenology; economic value; moral value; social ontology; ontology of economics; philosophy of economics
• Subjects: Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks

References

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