«La Città delle Meraviglie» nell’utilitarismo ideale di John Maynard Keynes

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Article

Magazine

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI

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RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI - 2009 - 2

Title

«La Città delle Meraviglie» nell’utilitarismo ideale di John Maynard Keynes

Author

Andrea Villani

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

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02-2009

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0035-676X (print) | 1827-7918 (digital)

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We describe and explain some of the goals Keynes establishes for the government. The lines Keynes suggested for reaching a situation of full employment are only one part of the story. For Keynes, in a vision which we define «ideal utilitarianism», it is important to reach not only a situation of full employment, but also «the city of the wonders». He thinks that it is possible and rational for educated and intelligent human beings to live a «good life» where one enjoys true goods, at personal and social level. Keynes thinks it is possible to identify these goals rationally, and to achieve them through expertly informed state intervention.