2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An idea of 'homo economicus' before the rise of political economy: based on D. Hume's 'science of man'
| Project/Area Number |
22730171
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Economic doctrine/Economic thought
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| Research Institution | Kochi University |
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Principal Investigator |
MORI Naohito 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系, 准教授 (20467856)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | ヒューム / 経済思想 / 経済人 / 18世紀 / 英国 / 利己心 / 利他心 / 正義と共感 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research intended to analyse D. Hume’s understanding of human beings with a special reference to its importance as a historical background to, and its significant conceptual differences from, the idea of ‘homo economicus’ prevalent in the modern political economy and later economics. The result indicates that in Hume’s view human beings have much more diverse motivations and far less rationality than in the later economic thought,and that ‘the rules of justice’, which are usually considered as generating solely from self-interest, could be influenced by the principle of sympathy.
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