Human Nature and the Discipline of Economics

Personalist Anthropology and Economic Methodology

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Human Nature and the Discipline of Economics

Personalist Anthropology and Economic Methodology

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Foundations of Economic Personalism is a series of three book-length monographs, each closely examining a significant dimension of the Center for Economic Personalism's unique synthesis of Christian personalism and free-economic market theory. In the aftermath of the momentous geo-political and economic changes of the late 1980s, a small group of Christian social ethicists began to converse with free-market economists over the morality of market activity. This interdisciplinary exchange eventually led to the founding of a new academic subdiscipline under the rubric of economic personalism. These scholars attempt to integrate economic theory, history, and methodology with Christian personalism's stress upon human dignity, humane social structures, and social justice. This second volume in the series surveys the anthropological foundations to the disciplines of economics and moral theology. The first part of the book presents an overview of the German, French, and Polish branches of personalist thought. Particular attention is given to theological anthropology, especially as it is developed by such thinkers as Emmanuel Mounier, Max Scheler, Gabriel Marcel, Karol Wojtyla, and Emil Brunner. Part two surveys models of human nature that have been espoused by various schools of free-market thought-including mainstream neoclassical economics. In conclusion, the authors demonstrate how an expanded understanding of human nature can augment the ability of economic science to model and predict human behavior.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Personalism in the History of Political Economy
Chapter 2 Theological Anthropology and Personalism
Chapter 3 Economic Models of Human Nature
Chapter 4 Constructive Dialogue
Chapter 5 Anthropology, Economics, and Culture
Chapter 6 Conclusion

Product details

Published Dec 11 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 130
ISBN 9780739101858
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 230 x 146 mm
Series Religion, Politics, and Society in the New Millennium
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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