Homo Curator

• Autore: Róna Péter
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages)
• Altri autori: ZsolnaiLászló Wincewicz-PriceAgnieszka
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Contents -- Part I: From Gluttony and Avarice to Moderation and Virtue -- Chapter 1: "Blessed Are the Gentle …": Moving from Gluttony to Sobriety -- 1.1 The Precarious State of Our Common Home -- 1.2 Consumerism and the Collapse of Our Common Home -- 1.3 From Hubris to Gluttony -- 1.4 Recovering the Virtue of Sobriety -- 1.5 Conclusion: Walking Gently on Earth -- References -- Chapter 2: Avarice in Post-modern Society: The Meaning of the "Homo curans" Anthropological Assumption -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Who Is the Greedy Today? -- 2.3 Can the Greedy Be Happy? -- 2.4 The Pinnacle of Greed: From "Free Market" to "Greed Market" -- 2.5 The Gift as Gratuitousness -- 2.6 Epilogue -- References -- Chapter 3: What Is 'Enough'? -- 3.1 The Madness of Maximising -- 3.2 Context and Purpose -- 3.3 What Is Too Little? -- 3.4 What Is Too Much? -- 3.5 The Need for Judgement -- 3.6 Temptations to Excess -- 3.7 The Temptations That Come from Numbers -- 3.8 How Can We Counter Excess? -- 3.9 Integral Ecology and Joy in Enough -- 3.10 Work for Good Economists -- 3.11 Back to the Question -- References -- Chapter 4: Buddhism and Right Consumption -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Human Development from a Buddhist Perspective -- 4.3 Right Consumption -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- References from the Pali Canon -- Chapter 5: Good Consumption in the Perspective of Thomistic Personalism -- 5.1 Towards Good Consumption: Real and Apparent Good, Real and Apparent Need -- 5.2 Natural Inclinations and Human Nature -- 5.3 Natural Law as the Substratum of Good Consumption -- 5.4 Why Is Being Good? -- 5.5 From Goodness to Good Consumption -- 5.6 Hierarchy of Goods as a Guiding Rule of Good Consumption -- 5.7 Analogous Connection of the Goods: The Key to Good Consumption -- 5.8 The Fruits of Good Consumption: Happiness and Pleasure. ; 5.9 Defining Good Consumption in the Thomistic and Personalist Perspective -- 5.10 Concluding Thoughts -- Bibliography -- Part II: Is Mainstream Economics to Blame? -- Chapter 6: Political Economy, Moral Reasoning, and Global Warming -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Homo Economicus in the Context of Political Economy -- 6.2.1 Curator Is Not Inconsistent with Economicus -- 6.2.2 Excessive Consumption -- 6.3 Homo Curator -- 6.4 The Theory of Market Failure -- 6.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: A Critical Approach to Critiquing Economics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Economic Inquiry and Economic Phenomena -- 7.2.1 Harms via Economic Technologies -- 7.2.2 Harms via False Beliefs -- 7.2.3 Harms via True, but Corrupting, Beliefs -- 7.3 Homo Economicus -- 7.3.1 Corrupting Effects -- 7.3.2 Replacing Homo Economicus -- 7.4 Normative Assumptions Within Economics -- 7.5 Averting Catastrophe -- References -- Chapter 8: Response from Péter Róna -- 8.1 The Tenets of Mainstream Economics -- 8.1.1 The Distinction Between Economic Phenomena and Economic Science -- 8.1.2 Is Economics a Science? -- 8.1.3 Economic Phenomena vs. Economic Theory -- 8.1.4 N. Gregory Mankiw vs. Adam Smith -- 8.1.5 Homo Economicus -- 8.2 The Corrupting Effects of Economic Science -- 8.3 The Homo Curator Project -- References -- Chapter 9: Economics and Three Faces of Prudence -- 9.1 Prudence Among the Economists -- 9.2 Sunk Costs -- 9.3 Addiction -- 9.4 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Way Forward -- Chapter 10: Trust as the Basis to Social Inquiry -- 10.1 What Is Society? -- 10.2 A Criticism -- 10.3 Answering the Criticism -- 10.4 Trust: The Fabric of Social Relations -- 10.5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: A Deeper Humanity: The Family as the School of an Inclusive Economy -- 11.1 The Question: Examining Anthropological Assumptions. ; 11.2 Participation in the Humanity of Others -- 11.3 The Primordial Subjectivity of the Family -- 11.4 Exegesis of Wojtyła's Notion of "Humanity" -- 11.5 Participation in the Humanity of Others -- 11.6 Alienation: Denials of Participation -- 11.7 A Non-Exchangeable Gift of Self -- 11.8 The Family and the Mutual Bestowal of Humanity -- 11.9 Familism: The Family as a Unit for Social Policy -- 11.10 The Exchangeable Man and the Problem of Consumption -- 11.11 Homo Curans-Homo Curator -- 11.12 The Great Renewal: An Invitation to Hope -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12: Subexponantial Compound Interest: A Tool for Homo Curator? -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Setting the Stage: The Appearance of Subexponential Growth -- 12.3 The Monetary Growth Order -- 12.4 Discussion and Outlook -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Homo Curator
• ISBN: 3-031-51700-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910838288003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Virtues and Economics Series