A Contractarian Approach to Actuarial Fairness

Antonio J. Heras, Pierre-Charles Pradier () and David Teira
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Antonio J. Heras: UCM - Universidad Complutense de Madrid = Complutense University of Madrid [Madrid]
Pierre-Charles Pradier: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
David Teira: UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

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Abstract: The canonical reading of Jaurès's L'Armée nouvelle presents this work as an outdated reflection on the establishment of a socialist society supervised by intermediary bodies whose military training would be a major asset. Our reading goes beyond this historically situated approach to Jaurès's book. We show that The New Army is not just a response to the General Staff, even less a ‘theorisation' of the transition to socialism, but that its aim is to rehabilitate the founding principles of democratic institutions (ancient and modern), which rest on the constitution of an army of citizens: The ‘proletarian-soldier' of Jaurès is none other than the ‘farmer-soldier' of the ancient city and of Year 2 of the French Revolutionary calendar, transposed to the Industrial Age. Relying on a game-theoretical model, we highlight that this defence of democratic institutions is backed by a discourse of the economics of war prevention in terms of self-protection.

Date: 2024-01-20
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Published in Journal of Business Ethics, 2024, 196 (3), pp.555-564. ⟨10.1007/s10551-023-05602-x⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-023-05602-x

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