Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic ScienceCambridge University Press, 2003 M09 4 - 279 páginas Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally assumed that the birth of modern economic science, marked by the publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776, was the triumph of the 'selfish hypothesis' (the idea that self-interest is the motive of human action). Yet, as a neo-Epicurean idea, this hypothesis had been a matter of controversy for over a century and Smith opposed it from a neo-Stoic point of view. But how can the Epicurean principles of orthodox economic theory be reconciled with the Stoic principles of Adam Smith's philosophy? Pierre Force shows how Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' and integrates it at the same time. He also explains how Smith appropriated Rousseau's 'republican' critique of modern commercial society, and makes the case that the autonomy of economic science is an unintended consequence of Smith's 'republican' principles. |
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... concept of such fundamental importance , one would ex- pect Adam Smith to mention it quite often . Yet the term “ self - interest " is remarkably rare in The Wealth of Nations . It appears only once , in the context of a discussion of ...
... concept of such fundamental importance , one would ex- pect Adam Smith to mention it quite often . Yet the term “ self - interest " is remarkably rare in The Wealth of Nations . It appears only once , in the context of a discussion of ...
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... concepts of self - love and self - interest before Adam Smith , in order to understand what these concepts meant when ... concept of self - interest and the development of moral philosophy and reason of State theory in the seventeenth ...
... concepts of self - love and self - interest before Adam Smith , in order to understand what these concepts meant when ... concept of self - interest and the development of moral philosophy and reason of State theory in the seventeenth ...
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... concepts of the present does not mean a na ̈ıve transposition into the past. It is, rather, an essentially relative demand that has meaning only in relation to one's own concepts.”13 A hermeneutic approach to Rousseau and Smith should ...
... concepts of the present does not mean a na ̈ıve transposition into the past. It is, rather, an essentially relative demand that has meaning only in relation to one's own concepts.”13 A hermeneutic approach to Rousseau and Smith should ...
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... concept of disinterestedness, in theology first, and subsequently in moral philosophy. I argue that the novel concept of disinterestedness is fundamental to the establishment of economics as a distinct field of knowledge. In the sixth ...
... concept of disinterestedness, in theology first, and subsequently in moral philosophy. I argue that the novel concept of disinterestedness is fundamental to the establishment of economics as a distinct field of knowledge. In the sixth ...
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... concept of interest in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. raison d'Etat ́ He theory, shows how was so this successful concept, that originally it soon linked became to statecraft a tool for and in- terpreting not only the ...
... concept of interest in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. raison d'Etat ́ He theory, shows how was so this successful concept, that originally it soon linked became to statecraft a tool for and in- terpreting not only the ...
Contenido
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2 Epicurean vs Stoic schemes | 48 |
3 Selfinterest and reason | 91 |
4 Passions interests and society | 135 |
5 Interested and disinterested commerce | 169 |
6 Selfinterest and the public good | 205 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Bibliography | 264 |
Index | 276 |
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Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science Pierre Force Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science Pierre Force Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science Pierre Force Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
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