AUTONOMIE MORALE ET AUTORITÉ OU LA QUESTION DE LA VOLONTÉ CHEZ ROUSSEAU

Christophe SALVAT

Cahiers d'économie Politique, 2007, issue 53, pages 73-90

Abstract: In the Rousseauist tradition, the idea of sovereignty generally refers to the sovereignty of the body politic. Rousseau never yields nevertheless to the holist temptation. Individual is at the core of his system. The aim of this paper is to question the idea of moral autonomy, in particular in its relation to authority, and to emphasize the positive effects of the law on individuals' rationality.

JEL-codes: B11 B31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007

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