Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay

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Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Mauro Daniel Taborda Pereira de Sousa e
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/27446
Resumo: Morality has been, for the past 2500 years, a central dimension when discussing human behaviour. Economics, however, adopted a simplified model of economic actor, the Homo Economicus, which largely ignores social and psychological dimension of the decision-making process in favour of an account that stresses utility maximization as the ultimate goal for the decision maker. This has resulted in several criticisms that have stressed, among other things, the lack of ontological realism of this model. Furthermore, contributions from the field of psychology and behavioural sciences have stressed the importance of morality in the decision-making process. In this dissertation, I will engage with contributions from several field of inquiry to criticise the current model of economic actor and discuss the implications that these findings have for policy making.
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spelling Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essayEconomia comportamental -- Behavioral economicsMoralityHomo economicusMoral judgementRational choice theoryMoralidadeJulgamento moralTeoria da escolha racionalMorality has been, for the past 2500 years, a central dimension when discussing human behaviour. Economics, however, adopted a simplified model of economic actor, the Homo Economicus, which largely ignores social and psychological dimension of the decision-making process in favour of an account that stresses utility maximization as the ultimate goal for the decision maker. This has resulted in several criticisms that have stressed, among other things, the lack of ontological realism of this model. Furthermore, contributions from the field of psychology and behavioural sciences have stressed the importance of morality in the decision-making process. In this dissertation, I will engage with contributions from several field of inquiry to criticise the current model of economic actor and discuss the implications that these findings have for policy making.A Moralidade tem sido, nos últimos 2500 anos, uma dimensão central quando se discute o comportamento humano. A Economia, contudo, adotou um modelo simplificado de ator económico, o Homo Economicus, que ignora largamente a dimensão social e psicológica do processo de tomada de decisão em favor de um relato que salienta a maximização da utilidade como o objetivo final da decisão. Isto resultou em várias críticas que sublinharam, entre outras coisas, a falta de realismo ontológico deste modelo. Mais, contribuições no campo da psicologia e das ciências comportamentais sublinharam a importância da moralidade no processo de tomada de decisão. Nesta dissertação, irei exploras as contribuições de várias áreas de estudo para criticar o atual modelo de ator económico e discutir as implicações que estas conclusões têm para a elaboração de políticas.2023-01-25T12:36:54Z2022-12-27T00:00:00Z2022-12-272022-11info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/27446TID:203175352engFreitas, Mauro Daniel Taborda Pereira de Sousa einfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:41:36Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/27446Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:19:21.975150Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
spellingShingle Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
Freitas, Mauro Daniel Taborda Pereira de Sousa e
Economia comportamental -- Behavioral economics
Morality
Homo economicus
Moral judgement
Rational choice theory
Moralidade
Julgamento moral
Teoria da escolha racional
title_short Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
title_full Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
title_fullStr Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
title_full_unstemmed Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
title_sort Morality as a fundamental element in the decision-making process: A critical essay
author Freitas, Mauro Daniel Taborda Pereira de Sousa e
author_facet Freitas, Mauro Daniel Taborda Pereira de Sousa e
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Freitas, Mauro Daniel Taborda Pereira de Sousa e
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Economia comportamental -- Behavioral economics
Morality
Homo economicus
Moral judgement
Rational choice theory
Moralidade
Julgamento moral
Teoria da escolha racional
topic Economia comportamental -- Behavioral economics
Morality
Homo economicus
Moral judgement
Rational choice theory
Moralidade
Julgamento moral
Teoria da escolha racional
description Morality has been, for the past 2500 years, a central dimension when discussing human behaviour. Economics, however, adopted a simplified model of economic actor, the Homo Economicus, which largely ignores social and psychological dimension of the decision-making process in favour of an account that stresses utility maximization as the ultimate goal for the decision maker. This has resulted in several criticisms that have stressed, among other things, the lack of ontological realism of this model. Furthermore, contributions from the field of psychology and behavioural sciences have stressed the importance of morality in the decision-making process. In this dissertation, I will engage with contributions from several field of inquiry to criticise the current model of economic actor and discuss the implications that these findings have for policy making.
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