Journalartikel
Autorenliste: Brennan, Geoffrey; Kliemt, Hartmut
Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2022
Seiten: 69-82
Zeitschrift: Homo Oeconomicus
Bandnummer: 39
Heftnummer: 1
ISSN: 0943-0180
eISSN: 2366-6161
Open Access Status: Hybrid
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41412-022-00127-6
Verlag: Springer
Abstract:
This paper in honor of Hans Albert '@100' seeks to show how adhering to critical rationalist 'economic philosophy' avoids contradictions in James Buchanan's contractarianism: restricting constitutional economic advice to what serves the ends of all potential addressees simultaneously Buchanan not only blurs the borderline between value-neutral economic philosophy and substantive moral philosophy but also contradicts his thesis of the "necessary relativism and individualism of values". Translating 'means-ends'-relations into technological 'cause-effect'-relations, Albert can treat technological blueprints as nomological hypotheses subject to scientific test and corroboration while leaving their practical implementation to citizens whose contingent particular ends may or may not be universalistic.
Zitierstile
Harvard-Zitierstil: Brennan, G. and Kliemt, H. (2022) An Albertian View of Buchanan's Contractarianism, Homo Oeconomicus, 39(1), pp. 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41412-022-00127-6
APA-Zitierstil: Brennan, G., & Kliemt, H. (2022). An Albertian View of Buchanan's Contractarianism. Homo Oeconomicus. 39(1), 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41412-022-00127-6
Schlagwörter
Albert; Buchanan; Contractarianism; Critical rationalism; H; Sugden; Value-neutrality of economic advice; Value-neutrality of economics; Vanberg
