石田梅岩の経済倫理思想の妥当性について

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Ishida Baigan, a thinker of the merchant class in the middle of the Edo Era, justified profits from sales through the two virtues of honesty and economy, and adovocated obtaining of profits from sales as the Way of the Merchant. The aim of this article is to examine whether his opinion is valid or not. By his assertion, first, the merchants can ensure profits from sales, only if he carries on trade honestly and economically. Therefore his activities in obtaining profits from sales are justified ethically as long as they are based on honesty and economy. (Chapter 1) Next, the virtues of honesty and economy are subjective and autonomic functions of the heart. Moreover, these two virtues don't restrain the economic activities of the merchant, rather they ensure profits from sales to the merchant. Thus honesty and economy work effectively as economic ethical principles. That is why obtaining profit from sale can be the Way of the merchant, as Baigan asserted. (Chapter 2) As stated above, I have come to the conclusion that Baigan's assertion that honesty and economy work effectively as an economic ethic and justify profits from sales as the Way of the Merchant is proved to be valid.
跡見学園女子大学の論文
1988-03-20