From Natural Law to Fiduciary Agreement: Government and Propriety in the Republican Political Economy
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https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2020.062.01Keywords:
Political Economy, Republicanism, Natural Law, Fiduciary Theory, Jefferson, RobespierreAbstract
Republicanism is increasingly attracting more attention from political philosophy. However, a mere hermeneutical approach it is usually used, which tends to neglect the political, social and economic circumstances that shaped this tradition of thought. This article addresses the modern conception of republican freedom with the North American and the French case through the work of two of their most representative figures, Thomas Jefferson and Maximilien Robespierre. The article defends that the political, juridical and economic government – the republican political economy– devised by both, keeps important similarities that the current political philosophy cannot ignore. To illustrate this relationship, it is shown that both thinkers received a deep and similar influence of natural law philosophy and of fiduciary theory when thinking and trying to implement their models of government and their idea of ownership.
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