The House is in a State : : Christian Wolff's Oeconomica in the context of public welfare / / Antonia Karaisl von Karais.

The book focuses on methodology, argument and context of 18th century philosopher Christian Wolff’s last book, the Oeconomica. This work, a rationalist guide to household morality, is discussed in conjunction with Wolff's natural law-based welfare state theory. A case study at a cross-section o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Maecenata Schriften , 19
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Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 219 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The hallmarks of Wolffian philosophy
  • 3 A contextual reading of the Oeconomica methodo scientifica pertractata
  • 4 Oeconomica, natural law and social welfare in the absolutist state
  • 5 Michael Hanov’s completion of the Wolffian system
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Bibliography