Beyond self-interest

Description:

This volume presents the methodological and theoretical foundations for economic personalism through a detailed investigation of human action from two different, yet complementary perspectives : the personalist perspective of Karol Wojtyla in The Acting Person (1969) and the free-market perspective of Ludwig von Mises in Human Action (1949). By comparing and contrasting the viewpoints of Wojtyla and Mises, the authors develop a comprehensive praxeology (i.e., a theory of human action) capable of analyzing human action from moral and economic perspectives. Beyond Self-Interest illustrates how a unified praxeology could encourage more sustained analysis of the moral dimensions of economic activity while simultaneously softening the utilitarian prejudice of contemporary economic analysis.

subjects: Economics,  Catholic Church,  Personalism,  Act (Philosophy),  Economic theory & philosophy,  Political economy,  Social & cultural anthropology,  Church And Economics,  Philosophy,  Religion,  Christian Theology - General,  Ethics & Moral Philosophy,  Movements - Humanism,  Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy,  Christianity - General,  II,,  John Paul,,  Religious aspects,  John paul ii, pope, 1920-2005,  Von mises, ludwig, 1881-1973,  Economics, religious aspects

People: John Paul II Pope (1920-2005),  Ludwig Von Mises (1881-1973)