How to Shape Societies: Pufendorf on Organizing Individual Interests and Social Interaction

Hans A. Frambach ()
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Hans A. Frambach: Universität Wuppertal

A chapter in Samuel Pufendorf and the Emergence of Economics as a Social Science, 2021, pp 143-157 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Samuel von Pufendorf, one of the most influential natural law theorists of the seventeenth century, contributed decisively to the conceptual foundations of the modern state with its specific tasks and responsibilities. He remains today an example of a profound and differentiated thinker who combined intellectual acuity with recommendations for action. Especially, his insights into decision-making mechanisms are, from a contemporary point of view, still of far-reaching significance. The article sees modern fields of application of Pufendorf’s thought as extending to socioeconomic problems of selfishness and the societal challenges of ever-increasing variety and heterogeneity. For this purpose, reference is made to models such as Amitai Etzioni’s “communitarian paradigm” and Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite’s “responsive regulation.”

Keywords: Pufendorf; Natural law; Individual action; Social choice; Decision rules; Golden rule; New golden rule; Tripartism; Communitarianism; History of economic thought; A13; B11; B310; D70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49791-0_6

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