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Abstract

One of the most critical issues raised by human knowledge, in its conceptual manifestations and expressions, lies in the extent of its rootedness within the objective structures and historical formations it seeks to interpret, perceive, and emulate. The spring from which thought draws its material is the social entity situated outside the realms of pure consciousness and ideology. The capacity of consciousness to grasp objective reality in its general characteristics constitutes the necessary condition for acquiring not only the legitimacy of representing a specific reality within certain historical circumstances but also for possessing ethical dimensions, insofar as it represents an increasing awareness of the "becoming" within its economic, social, political, legal, and moral interconnections, without selective exclusion under the pretext of scientific specialization. Otherwise, consciousness—even if it adopts the guise of science—becomes a false, selective awareness of a reality that exists only in the minds of thinkers who rely on subjective and formal logic, using analytical tools as the ultimate criterion for defining science. Furthermore, portraying reality according to a thinker's whims or to appease ethnic, political, or economic forces—whether reactionary or progressive—inevitably leads to false consciousness. Consequently, where does science reside? When does knowledge transform into science, and where does its inherent value lie? What is the relationship between science in general, and economics in particular, with ethics? Does science possess its own ethics and values, and if so, what are they? These questions constitute the central scope and subject of this research.

DOI

10.33095/jeas.v15i55.1262

Subject Area

Economics

First Page

103

Last Page

122

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