Análisis de la relación de la teoría económica y la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia (DSI) – caso de estudio: parroquia Salinas de la provincia de Bolívar

Abstract

The Economic Theory (ET): Welfare, Value, Distributive Justice, and Capitalism. In the ET there are two perspective: “utilitarianism” and “welfare”. Utilitarianism has been the most used tool to obtain “social judgment” according to Sen. In this perspective they are: Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, J.M.Keynes, D.Ricardo, M.Fridman, F.Hayek, others; and in welfare are: Von Bismark, Lloyd George, J.R. Commons, A.Sen, others. By applying public policies based on utilitarianism, the welfare of society is diminished, causing economic and political concentration in a few; the opposite occurs when public policies are applied from welfare, society benefits and the economy tends to be stable or anti-cyclical with the deconcentration of wealth, and political power. Thus, the SDCH and its principles are the basis and foundation for the application of welfare, it is supported in morals and in the Gospel, and has social and economic repercussions. Salinas, has had an ancestral tool, “la minga”; a parish of no more than 10.000 inhabitants, is a productive place, generator of wealth. They were not guided by economic theory but by: the common goal, community participation, universality of goods, subsidiarity, and solidarity.