Vita e Pensiero

In the first part, the essay offers a brief review of the main studies on Francesco Vito’s contribution to the debate on the relationship between ethics and economics. In the second part, it offers a summary of the main reflections that the economist of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore developed on this issue. Vito’s thought is part of a conception of human action “as a whole”, proposed in the “personalist milieu”, so he argues that every economic act has a moral implication...