인문경제학 시론 1 ― 인식론적 전환을 통한 사회과학 수업모델

Abstract

The motto "money or avarice is the best" has been doubted and challenged since the global financial crisis in 2008. Even the capitalism itself has been questioned. However, economy and social science don't play a big role in solving these social situations. It is because the social engineering, that is, a series of experiments and observations, and the data collection methods, has taken its centre in social sciences’ methodology. I think that social science should suggest "meaning and direction" toward a desirable and sustainable society. The purpose of this article is to try and suggest an approach toward economy and social science from the root level, which can be called “Human Economics". In fact, human economics is not yet a settled concept. Therefore, an epistemological turn is necessary to establish "Human Economics", in which will be above the mix and match of social science and humanities. It needs the epistemological turn of values such as competition, efficiency, especially self-centered attitude and egoism which is the nature of homo-economicus into cooperation, co-existence, and altruism, which are the values of humanities. Therefore, it will be thought that economy instruction as general education, not a major study, should orient to "Human Economics" for students to have moral and ethical values in their social economic behaviors. It should be taught that companies also should compete to create the greatest benefit to the whole of society, rather than trying to gain profit at the expense of others. Futhermore, it will be better to teach "Human Economics" in interdisciplinary way with multimedia.