THE MORALITY OF HOMO OECONOMICUS – BETWEEN SYMPATHY AND ENVY (II)
THE MORALITY OF HOMO OECONOMICUS – BETWEEN SYMPATHY AND ENVY (II)

Summary/Abstract: The humanization of competition and of the profit/success dispute, the socialization of egotisms and egoism, the taming of the daily interhuman relationships and the emotional - sentimental assimilation of the outcome of labor can only be achieved through an intelligent compatibility between the economic and the moral order. Nonetheless, this does not rule out the tensions and, beyond any genuine moral intentions, the practicing of a normative and value-bound conventionalism is used - as an image amplifier and a justifier of hidden interests. The most transparent moral gestures can encapsulate rebellious instinct-ridden energies, temperamental inclinations being resignified from the perspective of virtuous meanings. The moral radiography of sympathy/compassion and of envy, respectively, can be enlightening in this line.

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