2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Biological Reinterpretation of Adam Smith's Economics : Principles of the self-preservation and the Reciprocity
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19530175
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic doctrine/Economic thought
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| Research Institution | Kyushu Sangyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKA Tetsuo Kyushu Sangyo University, 大学院・経済・ビジネス研究科, 教授 (90106790)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 経済理論 / 経済政策 / 思想史 / 自由主義 / 経済学方法論 |
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| 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).
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Research Products
(3 results)
