Kenneth Lux
Biographic Data
| ID | 5605034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Lux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Lux |
| SIGNATURE | LUX K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maine Research Associates |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The failure of the profit motive
Truth, self, and feminism
Humanistic economics is founded on the reality of human needs. One of those needs is for truth. According to the correspondence theory, that truth is a relation between statement and objective reality. This reality serves as a constraint on the (ego) self. Therefore, it can also be shown that self-interest is an independent principle from the commitment to truth, and that these two principles can clash. These two principles of the self, or the “h…
Commenting on Gendered Economics: Mushroom Men, Straw Men, and Real Persons
This comment is offered as a defense of humanistic economics whose feminist credentials have been questioned by Julie Nelson. To her, our contribution is little less than orthodox economics, an ideology enshrining masculine values. We find her arguments based on a clear misreading or misinterpretation of our work. Especially needing correction is her charge that our key notion of a dual self is contaminated by traditional hierarchy and masculiniz…
Humanistic economics: The mondo continues
McCain’s humanistic economics: A commentary
(1989). McCain’s humanistic economics: A commentary. Forum for Social Economics: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 96-99
Neo-Humanistic Economics: A Comment
(1986). Neo-Humanistic Economics: A Comment* Review of Social Economy: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 183-187
New directions in humanistic economics or How to overcome the utility monster
An Attempt to Extend Spence's Hypothesis of the Restricting Effects of Awareness
It has been hypothesized that a preconscious (unverbalized) word has greater influence on recall than a conscious (verbalized) word. This was tested using a chained word association procedure in which S produced a chain of associates to a stimulus word. The “awareness hypothesis” was tested in those response chains in which one of the two highest value associates of the stimulus word was given as the first response in the chain. The other associa…
An Attempt to Extend Spence's Hypothesis of the Restricting Effects of Awareness
It has been hypothesized that a preconscious (unverbalized) word has greater influence on recall than a conscious (verbalized) word. This was tested using a chained word association procedure in which S produced a chain of associates to a stimulus word. The “awareness hypothesis” was tested in those response chains in which one of the two highest value associates of the stimulus word was given as the first response in the chain. The other associa…
New directions in humanistic economics or How to overcome the utility monster
Neo-Humanistic Economics: A Comment
(1986). Neo-Humanistic Economics: A Comment* Review of Social Economy: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 183-187
McCain’s humanistic economics: A commentary
(1989). McCain’s humanistic economics: A commentary. Forum for Social Economics: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 96-99
Humanistic economics: The mondo continues
Commenting on Gendered Economics: Mushroom Men, Straw Men, and Real Persons
This comment is offered as a defense of humanistic economics whose feminist credentials have been questioned by Julie Nelson. To her, our contribution is little less than orthodox economics, an ideology enshrining masculine values. We find her arguments based on a clear misreading or misinterpretation of our work. Especially needing correction is her charge that our key notion of a dual self is contaminated by traditional hierarchy and masculiniz…
Truth, self, and feminism
Humanistic economics is founded on the reality of human needs. One of those needs is for truth. According to the correspondence theory, that truth is a relation between statement and objective reality. This reality serves as a constraint on the (ego) self. Therefore, it can also be shown that self-interest is an independent principle from the commitment to truth, and that these two principles can clash. These two principles of the self, or the “h…
The failure of the profit motive
Economic Theory and Institutions (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Positive economics (6 works) · Humanism (5 works) · Neoclassical economics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)