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Weltlosigkeit ueberwinden: Zur Kritik des (nicht nur oekonomischen) modernen Menschenbildes und was daraus folgen koennte (Overcoming Worldlessness: On the Critique of the (Not Only Economic) Modern Way We View Human Beings and What Could Follow from That)

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Das insbesondere in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften dominierende oekonomische Menschenbild wird haeufig wegen seiner Vereinseitigung des Eigennutzes und wegen der zugrunde liegenden Rationalitaetsannahmen kritisiert. Aufbauend auf einer Reflexion dieser beiden Kritiklinien wird in diesem Beitrag eine tiefer liegende Kritik der anthropischen Vernunft vorgetragen, um zu einem gehaltvollen und angemessenen wissenschaftlichen Umgang mit Menschenbildern zu gelangen. Zu diesem gehoert die Einsicht in die performativen Wirkungen, die vorgetragene Menschenbilder in oekonomischer Praxis wie Wissenschaft entfalten, und zwar gerade dann, wenn sie mit dem methodologischen Status der Als-ob-Annahme auftreten. Von daher wird es zu einer Frage von Verantwortungsethik und praktizierten Tugenden, mit welchen – nur plural und auch direkt widerspruechlich denkbaren – Menschenbildern man wie operiert. (The economic view of human beings, prevailing particularly in economic sciences, has often been criti­cized for focusing on selfishness and for the underlying assumptions of rationality. Based on a reflection of those two streams of criticism this article brings forward a more profound critique of anthropic reason in order to obtain a more substantial and appropriate scientific approach to the ways we view human beings. Such an approach comprises the insight into the performative effects which are brought about by the views of human beings deployed in economic practice and science. In this respect, how we view human beings becomes a question of ethics of responsibility and exercising virtues.)

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  • Pfriem, Reinhard, 2013. "Weltlosigkeit ueberwinden: Zur Kritik des (nicht nur oekonomischen) modernen Menschenbildes und was daraus folgen koennte (Overcoming Worldlessness: On the Critique of the (Not Only Economic) Modern W," Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 14(2), pages 195-217.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:ethics:doi_10.1688/1862-0043_zfwu_2013_02_pfriem
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    Keywords

    Images of Man; Homo Oeconomicus; Self-Interest; Rationality; Philosophies of the World; Evolution and Evolutionary Economics;
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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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