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Moral philosophy and economics: the formation of Francois Huet's doctrine of property rights

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  • John Cunliffe
  • Guido Erreygers

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Francois Huet (1814-1869), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ghent, is known for his attempt to reconcile Christianity with socialism in Le Regne Social du Christianisme (1853). The book clearly belongs to a distinctively Belgian tradition of 'liberal socialism'. Drawing upon archival material, we try to clarify the origins of Huet's theory of property rights. We focus on two intimately related questions: (1) Have the core ideas formulated by Huet in Le Regne been expressed and discussed before the publication of the book? (2) In what sense have reflections upon the science of economics contributed to Huet's views?

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  • John Cunliffe & Guido Erreygers, 1999. "Moral philosophy and economics: the formation of Francois Huet's doctrine of property rights," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(4), pages 581-605.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:6:y:1999:i:4:p:581-605
    DOI: 10.1080/10427719900000044
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    1. Guido Erreygers & Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, 2005. "The debates on Rignano's inheritance tax proposal," Working Papers in Public Economics 85, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Economics and Law.
    2. Antoinette Baujard & Adrien Lutz, 2018. "The capacity to confuse: rescuing the Saint-Simonian notion of ability from modern capability theories of social justice," Working Papers halshs-01963252, HAL.

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