On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Philosophical CompanionPrinceton University Press, 2009 M01 10 - 352 páginas Adam Smith was a philosopher before he ever wrote about economics, yet until now there has never been a philosophical commentary on the Wealth of Nations. Samuel Fleischacker suggests that Smith's vastly influential treatise on economics can be better understood if placed in the light of his epistemology, philosophy of science, and moral theory. He lays out the relevance of these aspects of Smith's thought to specific themes in the Wealth of Nations, arguing, among other things, that Smith regards social science as an extension of common sense rather than as a discipline to be approached mathematically, that he has moral as well as pragmatic reasons for approving of capitalism, and that he has an unusually strong belief in human equality that leads him to anticipate, if not quite endorse, the modern doctrine of distributive justice. |
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... Human Nature 14. Smith's Picture of Human Nature 15. Religious Sentiments 16. Impartiality and Equality 17. Culture and History 18. From Homo Moralis to Homo Economicus CHAPTER FIVE Self-Interest 19. WN in Context 20. “Bettering One's ...
... human wretchedness, that it should dare to present itself before them, and with the loathsome aspect of its misery ... human nature entirely. Smith's strongly naturalistic orientation, his belief that moral standards—the very standards ...
A Philosophical Companion Samuel Fleischacker. out of human nature itself, leads him instead to try to understand what good purposes even bad features of human nature might serve. The difficulty of this commitment is something he worries ...
... human mind,” and called sodomy “a thing in itself indifferent”14—but or moral skepticism. Nor does Smith ever suggest in his writings that there there is no report of his ever avowing atheism, egoism, might be a difference between ...
... human beings, especially those they observe often. Hence “every individual can, in his local situation, judge much better than any states- man or lawgiver can do for him” (WN 456). We come here to what Knud Haakonssen calls Smith's ...
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