一、“经济人”的涵义随着西欧商业社会的兴起,经济学在18世纪开始成为一门独立的学科,并逐渐成为社会科学中的一门“显学”。如今,经济学的一些专门术语为社会科学各领域所广泛使用。“经济人”(Homo Oeconomicus或Economic Man)就是其中最有代表性的概念之一。不过,概念的广泛使用并不必然意味着对它的真正理解。直到现在,将“经济人”等同于“自私自利之人”的看法仍然存在。 I. Implications of “Economic Man” With the rise of Western European business society, economics began to become an independent discipline in the eighteenth century and gradually became a “study-learning” in the social sciences. Today, some terminology in economics is widely used in all fields of social science. Homo Oeconomicus or Economic Man is one of the most representative concepts. However, the widespread use of a concept does not necessarily imply a true understanding of it. Until now, the idea of ​​equating “economic man” with “selfish man” still existed.