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| Named Person: | Adam Smith; Adam (Philosoph) Smith; Adam Smith |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Athol Fitzgibbons |
| ISBN: | 0198289235 9780198289234 0198292880 9780198292883 |
| OCLC Number: | 31519898 |
| Description: | vi, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Smith's Intention -- 2. The Character of Smith's System -- 3. God and Nature -- 4. Utility versus Virtue -- 5. The Principle of Moral Impartiality -- 6. The Laws of Nature -- 7. Social and Political Laws --8. The Historical Spiral -- 9. The Celestial Model --10. The Moral Foundations of Economic Growth -- 11. The Political Economy of the Higher Virtues -- 12. The Principles of Economic Science -- 13. Smith's Contribution -- Appendix 1: The Depiction of Hume --Appendix 2: Smith's Epistemology. |
| Responsibility: | Athol Fitzgibbons. |
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Abstract:
Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and Virtue analyses the influence of Smith's philosophy on his economic theories. It considers the significance of his Stoic beliefs, and examines his theories of art and science, of law and rhetoric, and of history, politics, and war. It shows how Smith based his system of thought on the heretical moral notion that virtue was relevant to this world rather than the next. Smith believed that unworldly philosophies were inherently authoritarian, because they were unable to harness the force of self-love productively. Yet, contrary to a common view, he also rejected the amoral liberalism advocated by his friend and countryman David Hume. Smith's theories of free trade, economic growth, and alienation, which constitute the substance of The Wealth of Nations, were all formally derived from his liberalized interpretation of ancient virtue.
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