Liberal rationality in The Fable of the Bees. A comparison with Adam Smith and Wenceslao Fernández Flórez
Mandeville, Smith, and Fernández Flórez approached economic and social problems defending liberty and at the same time acknowledging the existence of conflicts and contradictions that demand ethics, politics, and law. Their liberal rationality is not Panglossianly optimistic, neither is it cynic, an...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/123622 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123622 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | A13 B11 B41 Adam Smith Bernard Mandeville Liberalism Wenceslao Fernández Flórez Liberalismo Economía Historia económica 5308 Economía General |
| Sumario: | Mandeville, Smith, and Fernández Flórez approached economic and social problems defending liberty and at the same time acknowledging the existence of conflicts and contradictions that demand ethics, politics, and law. Their liberal rationality is not Panglossianly optimistic, neither is it cynic, and their individualism not only does not exclude society but builds upon it. They admitted the complexity of human nature and society as they really are and recognized that we would not progress economically suppressing the market, just as we would not do so morally in a fantastic universe without sins. The three stressed that institutions and rules are indispensable in communities of free and responsible people. They rejected the excesses of power and warned of the dangers of promoting ideal worlds |
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