Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto
This article holds an inquiry into Vilfredo Pareto’s profile as a rational-choice theorist who abstains from drawing conclusions from rational-choice analysis in the field of contractarian theory. The symmetrical case of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is also examined: the case of a theorist who, although he...
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| description | This article holds an inquiry into Vilfredo Pareto’s profile as a rational-choice theorist who abstains from drawing conclusions from rational-choice analysis in the field of contractarian theory. The symmetrical case of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is also examined: the case of a theorist who, although he has been described (notably by David Gauthier) as a contractarian theorist who rejects the typical hypotheses we now associate with rational-choice analysis, turns out to make use of a wide array of arguments which remind us of rational-choice and even cost-efficiency analyses. It is argued that this is crucially related to contractarian argument in Rousseau’s work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df0d31cf6e2347c5877a0ad2d6e88cc82022-12-22T00:04:52ZengAssociation ŒconomiaŒconomia2113-52072269-84502011-03-011221523710.4000/oeconomia.1745Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de ParetoEmmanuel PicavetThis article holds an inquiry into Vilfredo Pareto’s profile as a rational-choice theorist who abstains from drawing conclusions from rational-choice analysis in the field of contractarian theory. The symmetrical case of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is also examined: the case of a theorist who, although he has been described (notably by David Gauthier) as a contractarian theorist who rejects the typical hypotheses we now associate with rational-choice analysis, turns out to make use of a wide array of arguments which remind us of rational-choice and even cost-efficiency analyses. It is argued that this is crucially related to contractarian argument in Rousseau’s work.http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/1745rational choicecontractarianismnatural lawPareto (Vilfredo)Pareto principlerationality |
| spellingShingle | Emmanuel Picavet Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto Œconomia rational choice contractarianism natural law Pareto (Vilfredo) Pareto principle rationality |
| title | Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto |
| title_full | Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto |
| title_fullStr | Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto |
| title_full_unstemmed | Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto |
| title_short | Arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme : les cas symétriques de Rousseau et de Pareto |
| title_sort | arguments de choix rationnel et contractualisme les cas symetriques de rousseau et de pareto |
| topic | rational choice contractarianism natural law Pareto (Vilfredo) Pareto principle rationality |
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