Reciprocity in France [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… first, that its meanings wavered between ‘generosity’ and ‘balanced exchange’; second, that it presupposed a moral equality between the parties involved in exchanges, thereby challenging social hierarchies based on privilege and birth; … critics of free trade in the nineteenth century. Concepts > Political & Moral philosophy Keywords Antagonism Commerce Equality France Hierarchy Morality It is easy to assume that the notion of ‘reciprocity’ is universal – that all … century. The French Revolution marked the turning point: once its early ‘free-market’ policies failed to create the equality and solidarity envisaged by their advocates, economic liberals distanced themselves from the term. Reciprocity …
Antagonism | Commerce | Equality | France | Hierarchy | Morality
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