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Die Oekonomik und ihre Schwierigkeiten mit der Moral (Economics and its Difficulties with Morality)

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  • Kolmar, Martin
  • Beschorner, Thomas

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Vor dem Hintergrund einer kontroversen Diskussion auf der Plattform „Oekonomenstimme“ zu „Schwierigkeiten mit der Moral“ in der Wirtschaftspraxis diskutiert der vorliegende Beitrag Probleme der traditionellen Wirtschaftswissenschaften hinsichtlich der Konzeptualisierung moralischer Dimensionen in oekonomischen Theorien. Die Autoren zeigen, dass eine reine Anreizethik, die lediglich auf veraenderte Spielregeln abstellt, in theoretischer Hinsicht nicht plausibilisiert werden kann. Moralisches Handeln ist stattdessen als ein Handlungstypus sui generis zu verstehen und das Wechselspiel von moralischem Handeln und Institutionen ist in den Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung zu ruecken. Aus diesen Perspektiven ergeben sich durchaus weitreichende ontologische und epistemologische Grundsatzfragen fuer die Oekonomik. (This paper discusses mainstream economics and its problems with conceptualizing individual moral responsibility within its theoretical framework. It refers to a controversial debate hosted at the online platform ‘Oekonomenstimme’ and our article on ‘Difficulties with Morality’. We argue that the methodological approach, to exclusively rely on the design of institutions to solve ethical problems, rests upon anthropological and epistemic premises that are highly problematic and difficult to defend. Instead, we need to understand moral action as a distinct type of action and therefore to shift our focus towards studying the relationship between moral action and institutions. This perspective has potentially far-reaching implications for the way we conceptualize the relationship between individual, society, and state.)

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  • Kolmar, Martin & Beschorner, Thomas, 2015. "Die Oekonomik und ihre Schwierigkeiten mit der Moral (Economics and its Difficulties with Morality)," Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 16(3), pages 410-421.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:ethics:doi:10.1688/zfwu-2015-03-kolmar
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    Keywords

    Economics; Morals; Ethics; Institutions; Action; Philosophy of Science;
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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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