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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... passages with the subtle argumentation to be found in Descartes or Hume. Smith the economist is also easier to read than many other social scientists, abjuring technical coinages and mathematical algorithms in favor of historical ...
... passage in Smith on one of our natural tendencies as a “piece of teasing, double-edged scepticism” (SL 81), and that ... passages like the remarks on love quoted above. This ironic stance and tone pervade TMS, but show up to a ...
... passage aloud. One then realizes just how much Smith is fond not merely of detailed visual images but of elaborate rhythmic patterns, with parallel clauses (“who is . . . ,” “who feels . . . ,” “who takes . . .”) interspersed with an ...
... passages, that Smith did think of good moral judgment in precisely that way. In addition, the length and complexity of Smith's sentences teach patience to the reader, and patience, the self-command by which one withholds quick ...
... passage above from WN explicitly grants something to an imag- ined objector—the people who “pretend” that Dutch ... passages also incorporate qualifications to Smith's own position within his statement of that position. The complexity of ...
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9780691123905_5CH4 | 59 |
9780691123905_6CH5 | 84 |
9780691123905_7CH6 | 104 |
9780691123905_8CH7 | 121 |
9780691123905_9CH8 | 143 |
9780691123905_10CH9 | 174 |
9780691123905_11CH10 | 203 |
9780691123905_12CH11 | 227 |
9780691123905_13CON | 259 |
9780691123905_14NOT | 283 |
9780691123905_15IND | 313 |
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