Reciprocity in France [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… 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 societies have a term for the … equality, Bodin stressed communal and hierarchical considerations in reflecting on what humans owed one another. His morality of exchange was calibrated to the subtleties of rank: ‘The laws of liberality command that one consider … DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WISH THEY DO UNTO YOU.’ 10 Like Lavie, Rétif saw reciprocity as the core principle of social morality: ‘The entire science of morality can be reduced to behaving in such a manner that, not only will others not seek …
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