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Wesley Clair Mitchell as a paradoxal critic of benthamite utilitarianism
[Wesley Clair Mitchell, critique paradoxal de l’utilitarisme benthamien]

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  • Jérôme Maucourant

    (CALW - Centre Auguste et Léon Walras - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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To Mitchell, classical and neoclassical economic theory was still embedded in Bentham's utilitarianism. The first goal is to explain his criticism of Bentham's thought ; then, to set off reasons why Bentham and Ricardo could not set themselves free from utilitarianism. The second purpose is to put forward a limit of Mitchell criticism. Notwithstanding his empasis on instincts and institutions, actually Mitchell remains prisoner inside the paradigm of the utilitarian reason.

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  • Jérôme Maucourant, 1993. "Wesley Clair Mitchell as a paradoxal critic of benthamite utilitarianism [Wesley Clair Mitchell, critique paradoxal de l’utilitarisme benthamien]," Post-Print hal-05675232, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05675232
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