Paper's abstract

Fabrice Tricou, Consequentialist Economic liberalism and conceptualization of the market
,Economic liberalism can take two different forms: the first is deontological and promotes individual liberty as an intrinsic value; while the second is consequentialist and mobilizes individual liberty as the relevant means to obtain a prosperous economic order. Political economy and its social philosophy are consistent with the latter liberalism, which requires two conditions: an analytical structure in which the individual voluntary actions produce involontary consequences; and also free market faith that defines these spontaneous results as socially advantageous.


Key Words : liberalism, market
t. 48, 2004 : p. 331-341

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