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Razionalit? e filantropia nella scienza di Gaetano Filangieri

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  • Adriano Giannola

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The Scienza della Legislazione by Gaetano Filangieri (1752-1778) had a great influence in the European Enlightemment. The close relationship between Filangieri and Benjamin Franklin also influenced the elaboraion of the American Constitution. Filangieri?s approach to the poltical economy was completely at odds with Adam Smith consideration of self love and self interest as positive values. The essay points out the most valuable charcteristics of Filangieri?s analysis. It concludes proposing a parallelism between Filangieri?s abstract elaboration and the tragic turn that brought Robespierre, in the name of these principles, to theorize the "Terror" during the French Revolution.

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  • Adriano Giannola, 2015. "Razionalit? e filantropia nella scienza di Gaetano Filangieri," STUDI ECONOMICI, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2015(115), pages 117-133.
    • Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/ste2015-115005
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    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior

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