Gesuits and the Italian unification: the form and the economic role of the State in the writings of Taparelli

Giuseppe Mastromatteo and Stefano Solari
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Stefano Solari: Università di Padova - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Manageriali

Il Pensiero Economico Italiano, 2014, vol. 22, issue 1, 11-23

Abstract: Luigi Taparelli d’Azeglio and the other Jesuits of «Civiltà Cattolica» framed their theory of State-economy relationship during the Italian unification. Such theory had important consequences on Italian politics, although not immediately. This socio-economic view was based on a distinctive Thomistic view of freedom and agency where priority was given to ‘social law’. The State was seen as an ‘ethical State’ because it has to assure a ‘civilising’ role. The idea of the common good and the notion of jurisdiction as subsidium to lower communities gave birth to the idea of subsidiarity. Also tax theory was shaped by this notion.

Keywords: economic role of the State; common good; subsidiarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B19 H11 H20 K10 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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