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Le Vice Fait Tourner Le Monde: Mandeville, Smith et le mensonge de la vertu
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 31 2026
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
Nous avons appris à croire que la vertu faisait tourner le monde.
Que l'honnêteté, l'altruisme, la morale étaient les fondations de nos sociétés. Que le bien produisait le bien, et que le progrès était le fruit de comportements vertueux.
Mais si tout cela n'était qu'un récit ?
Et si ce que nous condamnons était, en réalité, ce qui nous fait vivre ?
Dans cet essai percutant, Richard Bertrand confronte deux visions fondatrices de notre pensée économique et sociale. D'un côté, Bernard Mandeville, auteur de La Fable des abeilles, qui ose affirmer une idée scandaleuse: les vices privés font la richesse publique. De l'autre, Adam Smith, figure emblématique de l'économie moderne, qui tente de concilier intérêt individuel et ordre moral à travers la célèbre théorie de la main invisible .
À travers une analyse rigoureuse, accessible et sans concession, ce livre explore cette tension fondamentale qui traverse nos sociétés depuis plus de trois siècles: vivons-nous grâce à la vertu... ou grâce au vice ?
De la consommation de masse aux réseaux sociaux, du luxe à la recherche de reconnaissance, en passant par les crises économiques et les contradictions écologiques, l'auteur démontre que les moteurs réels de notre monde sont souvent bien éloignés des valeurs que nous proclamons.
Ce livre ne se contente pas de poser des questions. Il dérange, il bouscule, il oblige à regarder autrement ce que nous pensions comprendre.
Peut-on vraiment construire une société vertueuse sans sacrifier sa prospérité ?
Le vice est-il un mal à combattre... ou une force à comprendre ?
Sommes-nous prêts à assumer ce qui nous fait réellement vivre ?
Entre lucidité et provocation, cet ouvrage propose une lecture nouvelle, profonde et troublante de notre réalité.
Une chose est certaine: après l'avoir lu, vous ne verrez plus le monde de la même manière.
Parce qu'au fond, la question n'est peut-être pas de savoir ce qui est bien...
mais ce qui fonctionne.
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