Hartmut Kliemt Is Rational Choice Theory Sufficient to Explain the Coming About of Social Order?
Hartmut Kliemt is Professor of Philosophy & Economics at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He was Professor for Practical Philosophy at the Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg for two decades. Kliemt follows the English model of the “philosopher economist“ by working interdisciplinary in the fields of philosophy and economy using methods of decision and game theory. His research focuses on health ethics and economics, methodology of the practical sciences (such as medicine, business administration, law), and constitutional political economics. Hartmut Kliemt is one of the leading philosopher economists in Germany and worldwide.
Area of Research
Economics, Philosophy, Behavioral Economics
since 2006
Professor of Philosophy and Economics
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (more details)
Institute for International Health Management
1988-2006
Professor for Practical Philosophy
University Duisburg-Essen (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
1976-1980
Research Associate
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz), Chair for Legal and Social Philosophy
1974-1976
Research Associate
TU Dortmund University (Technische Universität Dortmund), Operations Research
1983
Habilitation
Goethe University of Frankfurt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
1977
PhD in Philosophy
Goethe University of Frankfurt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
1974
Diploma in Economics
Goethe University of Frankfurt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
- Mont Pelerin Society
- Public Choice Society
- Society for Experimental Economics
- Verein für Socialpolitik
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The research presented in this video tackles the old philosophical question on the reasons for social order with the means of modern economics. As HARTMUT KLIEMT elaborates, the rational choice assumption – that human behavior is guided by looking at causal consequences – cannot explain sufficiently why social order exists, because it does not account for rule-following behavior. Thus he shows that economic models of law or politics need to be improved by integrating rule-following behavior.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10156
The Reason of Rules and the Rule of Reason
- Hartmut Kliemt
- Critica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía
- Published in 1987
Thomas Hobbes, David Hume und die Bedingungen der Möglichkeit eines Staates
- Hartmut Kliemt
- Philosophie des Rechts, der Politik und der Gesellschaft
- Published in 1988
