This chapter discusses the possible influence of Bentham on Ricardo's economics through three rendez-vous. The first one was mediated by James Mill: we show that (i) if Mill ever had an influence on Ricardo early in their relationship, he was not yet Benthamian, and (ii) if this influence was to...

<title>Abstract</title> The purpose of this paper is to introduce explicitly pleasure and belief in what aims at being a Humean theory of decision, like the one developed in Diaye and Lapidus (2005a). Although we support the idea that Hume was in some way a hedonist -- evidently different from Bentham's or...

Based on Hume's major philosophical works and on some of his Essays, this paper discusses formally the feasibility, from a Humean point of view, of a welfare policy which would aim at promoting the highest individual happiness whereas individual decisions, like individual happiness, are...

[eng] The property of money : theory of interest and doctrine of usury. . Drawing on the writings of thirteenth century theologists and canonists, the purpose of this article is to focus on the main aspects of the theory of interest underlying the prohibition of usury. Thus, it can be shown that...