Moving Beyond Dehumanisation and Greed in the Light of African Economic Ethics - A Statement
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Munyaradzi Murove
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This article argues that the popular term self-interest which is used in economic and political discourses can be used interchangeably with greed. Tracing the origins of the term greed from antiquity through the early Christian era, it is also argued that classical modern economic and political theorists justified and absolved greed when they replaced it with the word self-interest. It was argued by modern economists and political philosophers that the pursuit of self-interest was integral to human nature, and also indispensable to the attainment and increase of wealth. Contemporary economists have also absolved greed when they constructed an ideal homo economicus as solely a utility maximiser who is only concerned with his or her well-being without taking into account the well-being of others. In an African society where greed is primarily seen as dehumanising, I argue that egalitarian economic programmes that have been implemented by many postcolonial African governments should be seen as an expression of moral protest against greed. This article argues that the popular term self-interest which is used in economic and political discourses can be used interchangeably with greed. Tracing the origins of the term greed from antiquity through the early Christian era, it is also argued that classical modern economic and political theorists justified and absolved greed when they replaced it with the word self-interest. It was argued by modern economists and political philosophers that the pursuit of self-interest was integral to human nature, and also indispensable to the attainment and increase of wealth. Contemporary economists have also absolved greed when they constructed an ideal homo economicus as solely a utility maximiser who is only concerned with his or her well-being without taking into account the well-being of others. In an African society where greed is primarily seen as dehumanising, I argue that egalitarian economic programmes that have been implemented by many postcolonial African governments should be seen as an expression of moral protest against greed.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2008
توصيف ظاهري
74-96
عنوان
Religion and Theology
شماره جلد
15/1-2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1574-3012
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
AFRICAN CONCEPTS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
اصطلاح موضوعی
CAPITALISM
اصطلاح موضوعی
GREED
اصطلاح موضوعی
NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC THEORY
اصطلاح موضوعی
POST-COLONIAL AFRICA
اصطلاح موضوعی
SELF-INTEREST
اصطلاح موضوعی
UBUNTU
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )