2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the theory ofSocial Norm in Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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22530195
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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 | Shizuoka University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAJIMA Keigo 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (90236521)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | アダム・スミス / 道徳感情 / 社会規範 / ルール |
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| Research Abstract |
My study has shown by employing the idea of an impartial spectator in Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments that social norms are behavioral rules that are independent of socially related actors. The externality of behavioral rules and the existence of an impartial spectator are indispensable to the theory of social norms because they can explain whether a human conduct is good or bad.
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