倫理経済学の学説史的系譜に係る一考察 ：利己心論の系譜

Abstract

The mainstream economics, which was based on the marginal revolution of the late 1870s, broke apart from other social sciences to make economics a science, and has continued its path as an independent empirical science to this day. But there, humans were atomized as homo-economists, and extremely abstracted human images were applied as a premise for analysis. This is a premise based on so-called as “Methodological Individualism”. In this article, the methodological individualism assumed by mainstream economics attempts to reinstate humans living in ethics that have been deliberately left behind in oblivion. The genealogy of ethical economics condensed by Adam Smith is sought in the claims of Aristotle, the Scottish Enlightenment Philosophy, and the School of Moral Senses. Based on that, the essence of human nature, which is inseparable from society in nature, will be confirmed.