Bernard Mandeville: A Riqueza além do Vício e da Virtude

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/rfmc.v10i3.49607

Palavras-chave:

Bernard Mandeville. Riqueza. Virtude. Sociedade comercial.

Resumo

Bernard Mandeville denunciou a filosofia moral de seu tempo, tanto suas dimensões teóricas quanto práticas, como elitista e contrária à natureza humana. As explicações e recomendações derivadas dessa filosofia moral, segundo Mandeville, eram inadequadas para entender e governar a sociedade comercial. Mandeville examinou as explicações existentes sobre a natureza humana, confrontou-as com o que apresentou como fatos e desvendou suas contradições. Isso leva ao desafio de Mandeville: aceitar as coisas como elas são ou assumir a responsabilidade da transformação. Este é o desafio que pretendo explorar neste artigo. Podemos continuar vivendo em uma sociedade altamente desigual baseada no orgulho e na vergonha ou podemos criar incentivos que levem a um cálculo diferente das paixões de acordo com um critério utilitário.

Biografia do Autor

  • Jimena Hurtado, Universidad de los Andes

    Professor of Economics (Universidad de los Andes), Historian of Economic Thought, Ph.D. in Economics (Paris X Nanterre).

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31-12-2022

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Bernard Mandeville: A Riqueza além do Vício e da Virtude . Revista de Filosofia Moderna e Contemporânea, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 3, p. 91–112, 2022. DOI: 10.26512/rfmc.v10i3.49607. Disponível em: https://periodicostestes.bce.unb.br/index.php/fmc/article/view/49607. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2025.