Philosophie des Ökonomischen Menschenbilds
Philosophy of the economic image of the human nature
- 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.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Herzog, Bodo |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2020_76_2_1161 |
| ISSN: | 0870-5283 |
| eISSN: | 2183-461X |
| Publisher: | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia (RPF) |
| Place of publication: | Lissabon |
| Document Type: | Journal article |
| Language: | German |
| Publication year: | 2020 |
| Tag: | Adam Smith; behavioural economics; cognitive sciences; human nature; libertarianism; neuro-economics |
| Volume: | 76 |
| Issue: | 2-3 |
| Page Number: | 16 |
| First Page: | 1161 |
| Last Page: | 1186 |
| DDC classes: | 100 Philosophie |
| Open access?: | Nein |
