Ulrich, Peter2019-09-252019-09-252012-03-041998-103906548899http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/183768In this paper, it is suggested that a paradigmatic shift from (Hobbesian) contract theory to (basically Kantian) discourse ethics might well prove worth investigating with respect to a new foundation of political economy.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderSocial Contract TheoryDiscourse EthicsPolitical EconomySocio-economic RationalityGlobal ethicsPolitical ethicsEconomic ethicsGovernance and ethicsEthics of economic systemsArticle