Foundations of Social Choice and Political Theory

by Nicolas de Condorcet (Editor)

The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-94) was a founding father of social science, believing that what he called the moral sciences could be studied by the exact methods as the natural sciences. His two reputations (doomed Enlightenment scholar and founder of social choice) are reconciled here.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1994

About the author

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas, including support for a liberal economy, free and equal public instruction, constitutional government, and equal rights for women and people of all races, have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and Enlightenment rationalism. He died in prison after a period of flight from French Revolutionary authorities.