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Rational Choice and Moral Order

  • Victor Vanberg and James M. Buchanan
From the journal Analyse & Kritik

Abstract

The article discusses some of the fundamental conceptual and theoretical aspects of rational choice and moral order. A distinction is drawn between constitutional interests and compliance interests, and it is argued that a viable moral order requires that the two interests somehow be brought into congruence. It is shown that with regard to the prospects for a spontaneous emergence of such congruence, a distinction between two kinds of moral rules which we call trust-rules and solidarity-rules is of crucial importance.

Published Online: 2016-05-12
Published in Print: 1988-11-01

© 1988 by Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart

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