The lecture explored the meaning of happiness in the political thought of Gaetano Filangieri and Benjamin Franklin. It examined Filangieri’s idea of ‘public happiness’ and Franklin’s reflections on civic virtue, liberty, and social improvement, placing both within a shared Enlightenment vocabulary and within the broader constitutional imagination of the American founding era.
The Pursuit of Happiness in the Political Thought of Filangieri and Franklin / Arena, Amedeo. - (2025).
The Pursuit of Happiness in the Political Thought of Filangieri and Franklin
Amedeo Arena
2025
Abstract
The lecture explored the meaning of happiness in the political thought of Gaetano Filangieri and Benjamin Franklin. It examined Filangieri’s idea of ‘public happiness’ and Franklin’s reflections on civic virtue, liberty, and social improvement, placing both within a shared Enlightenment vocabulary and within the broader constitutional imagination of the American founding era.File in questo prodotto:
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