utility

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American

race / ethnicity

African American

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journalist

is tautological because whatever a person does, be it work or leisure, is declared to be utility maximization of something or other.

Prattis notes that the premise of utility maximization is tautological... whatever a person does, may it be work or leisure, is declared to be utility maximization. If he or she doesn't maximize money then it must be pleasure or some other value. . . . . . . .. For example, a person may sacrifice his or her own time, finances or even health to help others. Formalist would then pronounce that s/he does so due to placing a high value on helping others, and so sacrificing other goals in order to maximize this value and thereby to gain utility (e.g. meaning, satisfaction of having helped, approval from others etc.). (Wikipedia)'

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