TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Herzog, Bodo
T1  - Philosophie des Ökonomischen Menschenbilds
JF  - Revista portuguesa de filosofia / publ. em colab. com a Faculdade de Filosofia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
N2  - Since Adam Smith, the “homo oeconomicus” is the behavioural model in economics. Commonly this model characterizes a selfish individual, a kind of ruthless type, whose greed for profit seems to take precedence over moral values. Already 100 years ago, Max Weber provided a modernization of the model concerning the methodological individualism. Recent research in cognitive sciences reveals a further modernization of this standard model in economics. Neuro-economics, a highly interdisciplinary research field, is building a new behavioural consensus. This article examines the new properties of the “neuro-homo oeconomicus”. We show that the new behavioural model is rather similar to the long-standing economic prototype. To that extent, the neuro-model is more hype than hope. In principle, this article considers an ancient philosophical question about the nature of humans in general.
KW  - Adam Smith
KW  - behavioural economics
KW  - cognitive sciences
KW  - human nature
KW  - libertarianism
KW  - neuro-economics
Y1  - 2020
SN  - 0870-5283
SS  - 0870-5283
U6  - https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2020_76_2_1161
DO  - https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2020_76_2_1161
VL  - 76
IS  - 2-3
SP  - 1161
EP  - 1186
S1  - 16
PB  - Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia (RPF)
CY  - Lissabon
ER  -