Smith and Condorcet: Two Liberal Advocates for Freedom on the Issue of Public Education

Smith et Condorcet: Deux " libéraux de la liberté " confrontés à la question de l'instruction publique

Charlotte Le Chapelain () and Jean-Daniel Boyer
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Charlotte Le Chapelain: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jean-Daniel Boyer: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The analysis here aims to explain Smith's and Condorcet's ideas about public education, stemming from their common adhesion to the principles of the "Liberalism of Liberty". Their Liberalism makes public intervention necessary for education, so as to ensure the equality of natural rights and to preserve individuals against the damaging effects of the division of labour. But the state's prerogatives in regard to education vary according to the authors. It may therefore be asked whether there are not two distinct traditions within the "Liberalism of Liberty", which thus displays heterogeneity.

Keywords: Condorcet; Smith; Instruction publique; Libéralisme de la liberté (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Published in Cahiers d'Economie Politique = Papers in political economy, 2010, 1 (58), pp.41-60. ⟨10.3917/cep.058.0041⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/cep.058.0041

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