Economists investigate efficiency as one dimension in the fulfillment of the human experience.
My friend was not sure how efficiency fitted within a philosophical reflection about the purpose or meaning of life. He told me that philosophers like Thomas of Aquinas would had objected the notion that efficiency is necessary for a good life. I reminded my friend that el gordo Thomas of Aquinas lived in the late Middle Ages. During that epoch most religious people and rulers were supported by the forced contributions of poor peasants-efficiency was not a prescribed virtue since the landlords did not confront limitations or thought that peasants were satisfied with their conditions. At that moment my friend reminded me that he will need to leave in thirty minutes because he had to meet with another colleague.