Man, Economy, and State Glossary
-Chapter 1-
Human action: individual behavior which is purposeful, can be meaningfully interpreted by other men, and aims at some end. (p. 1)
End: the purpose of a man's act. (p. 1)
Motive: the reason for a man's desire to achieve an end by instituting an action. (p. 1)
Technological idea: plans on how to achieve an end. (p. 3)
General conditions (of the environment): elements which man believes he cannot alter, e.g., air. (p. 4)
Means: elements which man believes he can alter to arrive at his ends. (p. 4)
Periods of time: time before the action, during the action, and after the action. (p. 4)
Choice: when man uses means to satisfy some ends, while others remain unsatisfied. (p. 5)
Economizing: choosing ends to satisfy the most desired ends first. (p. 5)
Valuation: scaling of ends in accordance with their value to the actor. (p. 6)
Scale of values (or scale of preferences): scales which contain the ranking of an actor's alternative ends. (p. 6)
-Chapter 2-
-Chapter 3-
-Chapter 4-
-Chapter 5-
-Chapter 6-
-Chapter 7-
-Chapter 8-
-Chapter 9-
-Chapter 10-
-Chapter 11-
-Chapter 12-