Reconciling homo economicus and John Dewey's ethics

Mark White ()

Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, vol. 10, issue 2, 223-243

Abstract: This paper attempts to incorporate the ethics of John Dewey into the neoclassical model of rational choice. I show that while it may be possible to modify the preference-satisfaction model of homo economicus in order to include many aspects of Dewey's ethics, there are some issues, such as his concepts of the continuity of action, time horizons, and the social nature of the individual, that prove much more difficult to combine with the economic model of human behavior.

Keywords: Rationality; Ethics; John Dewey; Preferences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/1350178032000071093

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