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Diacovensia : teološki prilozi, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2012.

Original scientific paper

Darwinism and the Identity of Homo Oeconomicus. The Perspectives of Economic Personalism

Šimo Šokčević orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-8171-3437 ; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia

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Abstract

Homo oeconomicus represents a mainstream economic view that human beings under all circumstances strive for their self-interest, and choose alternatives which would maximize their self-interest to the greatest possible extent. In this paper, through comparision of different statements, we pointed out that this option is closely connected with utilitarianism and social darwinism which are inadequate to capture the heterogeneity of the diverse aspects of development. We conclude that alternative path should be economic personalism, giving it a more complete base.

Keywords

Homo oeconomicus; social darwinism; utilitarianism; economic personalism

Hrčak ID:

79956

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/79956

Publication date:

26.4.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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