Motivators of Economic Behavior between the Islamic Economy and the Capitalist Economy

Abstract

The research dealt with the topic (motivators of economic behavior between the Islamic economy and the capitalist economy), by studying the types of these motives and their intellectual origins, and clarifying the most important effects of the motives on economic behavior, and the resulting social manifestations and behaviors. With the provision of some treatments and proposals to create sound economic awareness in Islamic societies. The research consisted of four sections, the first section dealt with the drivers of economic behavior from a theoretical standpoint. The second section dealt with the drivers of economic behavior in Islamic economics and its most important effects. The third section dealt with the drivers of economic behavior in the capitalist economy and its most important effects. The fourth section dealt with the impact of capitalist motives on Islamic societies and the most important treatments and proposals to confront this. The research used the descriptive analytical method and the inductive method. The research reached several results, the most important of which are: - Influencing awareness of types of incentives in order to stimulate specific economic behavior is considered one of the basic principles in economics. - That economic behavior in Islam is linked to a number of lofty principles that combine worldly and otherworldly interests, while the capitalist economy deals with economic behavior through material incentives. - The motives for economic behavior in the Islamic economy are four in general: the faith motive, the moral and ethical motive, and the motive for succession and the reconstruction of the land. The motive for achieving a good life is that the motives of self-interest, maximizing benefits, and satisfying desires are the most important motives for individuals’ behavior in capitalist thought. One of the most important proposals to confront capitalism in Muslim society is to spread faith education and consolidate doctrinal principles in society.