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AUC THEOLOGICA, Vol 6 No 1 (2016), 33–48
Chápání trhu a tržního hospodářství v evangelické tradici
[Understanding of the Market and Market Economy from a Protestant Perspective]
Jindřich Halama
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23363398.2016.2
published online: 01. 07. 2016
abstract
The contribution seeks to give a brief sketch of Protestant attitude to individual economic activities starting with the Reformation. It follows the development of socio-economic views in the Protestant churches in the time of Puritanism and later in the 19th century. It touches the famous thesis of Max Weber and its critiques and gives a picture of the birth of the so-called social market economy in Germany. The Protestant view accepts the basic account for market economy – the powerful human motive of self-interest that makes the market economy efficient. At the same time, the Protestant understanding of sin sees taming excessive manifestations of self-interest as inevitable. This brings a need for a continuous critique of the market economy and for efforts to balance its inclination to selfishness through effective mechanisms of social solidarity.
keywords: Reformation; ethics of work; Puritans; Max Weber; Social market economy
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ISSN: 1804-5588
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