The Biological Reinterpretation of Adam Smith's Economics : Principles of the self-preservation and the Reciprocity

• Project/Area Number: 19530175
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic doctrine/Economic thought
• Research Institution: Kyushu Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: TAKA Tetsuo Kyushu Sangyo University, 大学院・経済・ビジネス研究科, 教授 (90106790)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 経済理論 / 経済政策 / 思想史 / 自由主義 / 経済学方法論 / アダム・スミス / 利己心 / 共感 / 本能 / イギリス経験論哲学 / 互恵的利他心 / 交換性向 / 生物学 / 利他心 / 自己保存 / 同感 / 互恵性

Research Abstract

Smith's social theory analyzed and interpreted both unfolding and accumulative structures of human beings and society on the foundation of human instinct. My reinterpretation makes it possible to achieve a coherent understanding of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations, as well as to recognize the commonality between Hume, Smith and Charles Darwin in respect to the evolutionary point of view. For Smith, human nature incorporates the instincts of self-interest (self-preservation) and mutual altruism (sociability, the propensity for exchange).

Research Products

• [Journal Article] アダム・スミスにおける本能の概念化と経済学の生物学的基礎 (2007)
  • Author(s): 高 哲男
  • Journal Title: 『商経論叢』(神奈川大学) 43巻1号 Pages: 113-153
  • NAID: 110007001222
• [Journal Article] アダム・スミスにおける本能の概念化と経済学の生物学的基礎
  • Author(s): 高哲男
  • Journal Title: 商経論叢 第43巻第1号 Pages: 113-153
  • NAID: 110007001222
• [Presentation] Instinct as a Foundational Concept in Adam Smith's Social Theory (2009)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo TAKA
  • Organizer: Smith in Glasgow'09 at University of Glasgow Adam Smith Research Foundation
  • Place of Presentation: Glasgow University
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-02
• [Presentation] Instinct as a Foundational Concept in Adam Smith's Social Theory (2009)
  • Author(s): Taka, Tetsuo
  • Organizer: Smith in Glasgow '09 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Glasgow
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-02
• [Presentation] Instinct as a Foundational Concept in Adam Smith's Social Theory (2009)
  • Author(s): Tetsuo Tak
  • Organizer: Smith in Glasgow '09 at University of Glasgow Adam Smith Research Foundation
• [Book] 競争の倫理 (2009)
  • Author(s): Frank F. Knight
  • Total Pages: 281
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] 競争の倫理 (2009)
  • Author(s): 翻訳:源著者 Frank Knight
  • Total Pages: 280
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] 暮らしのなかの経済思想-進化論的経済学入門 (2007)
  • Author(s): 高 哲男
  • Total Pages: 116
  • Publisher: 知新出版研究所