Il governo dell'opinione. L'epistemologia politica di David Hume

The essay analyses David Hume’s political epistemology by focusing on the issue of “general opinion” in its relationship with the questions of political obligation and of the production and infraction of order. Opinion emerges as the keystone of a new conception of politics in which a communicative vision of society redefines both the tasks of government and the concept of order. While government is supposed to protect order, it results in facts as its product.