Beyond self-interest
Subtitle: a personalist approach to human action
By: by Gregory R. Beabout ... [et al.].
Contributors: Beabout, Gregory R., 1960-.
Series: Religion, politics, and society in the new millennium; Foundations of economic personalism
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: John Paul -- II, -- Pope, -- 1920-2005.; Von Mises, Ludwig, -- 1881-1973.; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Act (Philosophy); Personalism.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119) and index.