1st Edition

Liberalism and the Philosophy of Economics

By Tsutomu Hashimoto Copyright 2023
196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on recent work in the contemporary philosophy of economics, this book presents new ideas on liberalism, including the concept of ‘growth-oriented liberalism’. Since the end of the Cold War, questions and definitions of liberalism have moved from the sphere of political systems (the socialism versus liberalism debates) to the sphere of ethics (what it means to live in a liberal society).... Read more

Introduction


I   Liberalism

1. A Theory of Real Freedom: Toward a Growth-Oriented Liberalism
2. On the Concept of Positive and Negative Liberty
3. On Spontanietism


II   Philosophy of Economics, Part One: Methodology

4. The Purpose and Significance of the Methodology of the Social Sciences in an Age of Scientism
5. A Theory of Methodology in the Social Sciences: A Functional Analysis
6. Social Sciences and the Idea of a “Subject”: A Fundamental Issue in Max Weber Studies in Japan
7. On the “Problem Subject”


III   Philosophy of Economics, Part Two: Economic Ethics

8. Ideological Categories in Economic Ethics
9. A Typological Theory of Ideologies in the Light of Recent Issues in Economic Ethics
10. Modernity, Postmodernity and Lost-Modernity on the Ethical Driving Forces of Capitalism

Biography

Tsutomu Hashimoto is a Professor at Hokkaido University and the President of the Synodos Institute of International Studies in Japan.