The Barrier Factors of Social Empowerment Through Business Assistance as A Challenge in Realizing the Concept of Utilitarianism

This study aims to analyze the barrier factors of social empowerment through business assistance in Bontonompo District as a challenge in realizing the concept of utilitarianism. Type of the research was an empirical legal research through a sociological juridical approach. The research location is in Bontonompo District, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The data sources used consist of primary data sources and secondary data sources. Primary data sources include interviews, questionnaires, and direct field observations. Secondary data sources are obtained from documents and scientific journals. The research uses descriptive quantitative analysis by projecting the collected data. The research results show that the barrier factors of social empowerment through business assistance include legal, law enforcement, infrastructure, community, and cultural factors. Therefore, the government must ensure that social empowerment through business assistance is oriented toward community self-reliance, resulting in an improved standard of living as a manifestation of the concept of utilitarianism.