The representation of actor’s rationality in Pareto’s writings

La representation de la des acteurs dans l'oeuvre de Pareto: une tentative d'interprétation

Ludovic Ragni () and André Legris ()
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Ludovic Ragni: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
André Legris: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: The specialists of Pareto's economic and sociological writings, underline that his theory of action is based on a drastic division between logical actions and non-logical ones; the first referring to economic activities and the second to sociological relationships. Some kinds of actions will be considered as logical because the agent justifies himself on logical reasoning and not on moral sentiments or usual custom practices. In this paper, it is shown that Pareto's distinction cannot be easily sustained in the light of more recent conceptions of rationality.

Keywords: methodology; paretian sociology; logical actions; non-logical actions; rationality; rationalité; actions non-logiques; sociologie parétienne; actions logiques; méthodologie; Pareto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-09-01
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Published in Revue d'économie politique, 2004, Vol 114, pp.371-392

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