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Oekonomik: Eine Moraltheorie mit religioesen Wurzeln (Economics: A Moral Inquiry with Religious Origins)

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  • Friedman, Benjamin M.

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Dass die Oekonomik eine Moraltheorie ist, ist fuer Wirtschaftsethiker keine Ueberraschung. Dieser Beitrag zeigt aber auf, in welcher Weise religioese Wurzeln die Oekonomik bei Ihrer Entstehung praegten und inwiefern der Wandel religioeser Ideen auch den Wandel in Bezug auf die Akzeptanz einer bestimmten Form von oekonomik beeinflusst hat. Dabei wird auf vier entscheidende religioese Vorstellungen verwiesen, die sich einerseits im Zuge des Niedergangs des orthodoxen Calvinismus entwickelten und andererseits im Rahmen der Debatte um Prae- und Postmillenaristen thematisiert wurden. Auch ohne den einschlaegigen Autoren, wie Adam Smith, bestimmte religioese ueberzeugungen zuzusprechen, scheint das religioes gepraegte mentalitaets- und ideengeschichtliche Umfeld massgeblich die oekonomik als Moraltheorie beeinflusst zu haben. (It may not come as a surprise for Business Ethicists that economics is a moral theory. But this article shows in what way religious roots have shaped economics in its emergence and how changes of religious ideas have also influenced the change with regard to the acceptance of a certain form of economics. Hereby, it will be referred to four crucial religious concepts, which on the one hand have developed in the course of the decline of the orthodox Calvinism and on the other hand have been made subject of discussion in the course of the debate about Pre- and Postmillenarists. Without attributing the relevant authors, like Adam Smith, certain religious convictions, the highly religious influenced environment of ideas and attitudes seems to have influenced economics as moral theory in a significant way.)

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  • Friedman, Benjamin M., 2016. "Oekonomik: Eine Moraltheorie mit religioesen Wurzeln (Economics: A Moral Inquiry with Religious Origins)," Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 17(3), pages 363-371.
  • Handle: RePEc:nms:ethics:doi:10.1688/zfwu-2016-03-friedman
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    Keywords

    History of Economic Thought; Economics; Religion; Adam Smith;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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