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Jean Jacques DuMortier 1904-1934

Jean DuMortier from whom he received a rich physical and mental' inheritance. His early education was received in the Norwalk public schools and at Harstrom's Preparatory School. He went to Williams College for two years, where he creditably participated in athletics-swimming, track, and football. His last two years of college were spent at Columbia University where he received the degree of Ba...

Jean-jacques Laffont: a Look Back

Jean-Jacques Laffont, economist extraordinaire and visionary founder of the Institut de l’Economie Industrielle (IDEI) in Toulouse, died at his home in Colomiers on May 1 after a valiant battle against cancer. He was fifty-seven years old. Laffont is remarkable for having had three distinct professional identities and for performing at the very highest level in all of them. First, he was one of...

The Problem of Evil in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Throughout all of Rousseau’s works there is tension between reason and conscience. Reason binds men when they think correctly, but divides them when they place it at the service of self-interest. Conversely, the universality of conscience is immediate and transparent: it transmits the truth of the existence of God and of the universal principles that underlie human action, despite the differenc...

Logos and Ethos: The Civil Religion in the Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

This article explores the concept of civil religion from the perspective of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It starts with a discussion of the essence of sovereignty as the implementation of general will, which, the author explains, is manifested in the obedience of the laws. The article then discusses the way in which, in Rousseau’s view, institutional mechanisms work and thereupon explores how he envi...