【摘要】 19世纪中叶,德国历史学派的经济学家提出的所谓“亚当·斯密问题”事实上并不存在。在《道德情操论》中,斯密认为,自利与利他都只是人性的一个侧面,人性既不是完全自利的,也不是完全利他的。在《国富论》中,斯密以人的“利己心”为出发点建构经济理论体系仅仅是由于经济科学研究的需要,并不表明斯密对人性的看法有了改变。更多还原

【Abstract】 The so-called “problem of Adam Smith”raised by the economists of German history school in mid-19th century didn’t exist.In the “Theory of Moral Sentiments”,Adam Smith thinks that both self-interest and altruism are the expressions of human nature ;man is not absolute egoist or altruist . In the “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”,Adam Smith bases his economic theory on man’s self-interest.This is only the need of the economics research and can’t prove that Adam Smith has changed his ideas of human nature.更多还原