Reciprocity in France [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… and meaning of the term ‘reciprocity’ in the French Enlightenment. After showing how the term exploded in texts about society and political economy after 1750, it shows, first, that its meanings wavered between ‘generosity’ and ‘balanced … de la République de Bodin (1755), Lavie has Bodin saying that ‘mutual assistance is an indispensable obligation in all civil societies; as such, society forms a single moral individual. Unity can only endure through reciprocity; if [this … insisted. It was the reciprocity between ‘rights and duties’ that ‘naturally and necessarily’ constituted the basis of civil society ( Le Mercier de la Rivière 12) . ‘Without duties, rights cease to exist.’ ( Le Mercier de la Rivière 14) …
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