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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... possible is an essential part of a philosopher's faith, perhaps even part of the definition of “philosophy,” as that term has been understood since Socrates. I do not mean by these remarks to dismiss the importance of a historical ...
... possible conjoined with a clear-eyed acceptance of the fact that they will never fully disappear, hence the odd ambiguity in passages like the remarks on love quoted above. This ironic stance and tone pervade TMS, but show up to a ...
... possible exceptions arises when an industry is needed for a country's defense and Smith uses this as an excuse to discuss Britain's Navigation Laws, which were justified in part on a defense basis. The discussion consists primarily of ...
... possible objections all along the way, but it concludes with an entire division on the prior history of moral philosophy, in which Smith takes the opportunity to incorporate every- thing useful he can find in his predecessors, while ...
... possible for a human being to become,” Muller suggests that Smith is painting a partic- ularly gloomy picture of the poor's condition in order to inspire political agents to alleviate that condition.10 On the other hand, Vivienne Brown ...
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