再论亚当·斯密“经济人”假设的价值合理性(上)

Reasonableness in Value: Revisiting Adam Smith's Hypothesis of "Economic Man"(I)

斯密的“经济人”假设是建构在“自然秩序”和理性论哲学基础之上的,是斯密“自然秩序”伦理观在经济学中的运用和证明。“经济人”假设是对人的经济行为的一般性、本质性特征的理论抽象。无论是在理论层面还是在现实生活层面,无论是在经济学视野还是在伦理学视野,“经济人”假设都有其价值合理性和局限性。“经济人是理性的”,“经济人”还要受道德、法律的双重约束。

Based on ＂natural order＂ and the philosophy of reason, Adam Smith＇s Hypothesis of ＂Economic Man＂ is the result of his application of his ethics into economics. As the theoretical abstraction of the general and fundamental properties of man＇s economic behaviors, the hypothesis is reasonable in value with its own limitations, both in terms of theory and reality, and in terms of economics and ethics. Though reasonable in value, the ＂Economic Man＂ is subject to moral and law.