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Menschenbilder muessen scheitern: Menschen sind erkennbar bekannt (Ideas of Man are Doomed to Fail)

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Nach einer ‘Welt’ voller Menschenbilder und einigen Spotlights auf Konsequenzen solcher Bild- und Modellvorstellungen wird untersucht, wie Menschenbilder entstehen und welche Funktionen sie haben koennen. Inwiefern stehen beim Betrachten der Menschen Menschenbilder im Wege? Schliesslich wird eroertert, warum und inwiefern die moralische Interpretation des ‘muessen’ in ‘Menschenbilder muessen scheitern’ zu kurz greift. (We don’t need any idea of man. Any such model would be foggy and reveal more information about their authors and addressees than about actual human beings. There is little insight to be expected from these limited models. Nevertheless they are being used and it is impossible to ignore them. But reconstruction and deconstruction may reduce the risk of becoming manipulated by them. Reconstruction and deconstruction support creativity. At the end, ideas of men remain misleading – without exception.)

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  • Kappler, Ekkehard, 2013. "Menschenbilder muessen scheitern: Menschen sind erkennbar bekannt (Ideas of Man are Doomed to Fail)," Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 14(2), pages 301-314.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:ethics:doi_10.1688/1862-0043_zfwu_2013_02_kappler
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    Keywords

    Idea of Man; Decision Logic; Homo Oeconomicus; Human Images; Morals;
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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