Homo œconomicus et spectateur équitable

Michel Forsé and Maxime Parodi

Revue de l'OFCE, 2002, vol. 82, issue 3, 165-230

Abstract: Opinions derive from personal interest, but also from a moral point of view which may be grasped by examining the position of a spectator who, neither in favor of that actor nor that particular conception of what a good life is, tries to judge the situation put before him or her fairly. This is what can be concluded from the analysis of a survey of opinions on the welfare state and its programs. Overall, and in particular for opinions on the French state?s minimum revenue program (Revenu Minimum d?Insertion [minimum revenue for integration]), it can be affirmed that when personal interest is no longer at stake, indeed, the less it is, the stronger the fair spectator?s voice makes itself heard. His/her justifications are effective for the simple reason that they are based on arguments that can be endorsed by all. In other words, they are objective.

Date: 2002
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.cairn.info/load_pdf.php?ID_ARTICLE=REOF_082_0165 (application/pdf)
http://www.cairn.info/revue-de-l-ofce-2002-3-page-165.htm (text/html)
free

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cai:reofsp:reof_082_0165

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Revue de l'OFCE from Presses de Sciences-Po
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jean-Baptiste de Vathaire ().