Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and Virtue The Moral and Political Foundations of the Wealth of Nations

Name: Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and Virtue The Moral and Political Foundations of the Wealth of Nations
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ISBN: 9780198292883

ISBN-10: 0198292880

ISBN-13: 9780198292883

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Athol Fitzgibbons

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This book examines the influence that Adam Smith's philosophy had on his economics, drawing on the neglected parts of Smith's writings to show that the political and economic theories built logically on his morals. It analyses the significance of his stoic beliefs, his notions of art and music, astronomy, philosophy and war, and shows that Smith's invisible hand was part of a 'system' that was meant to replace medieval Christianity with ethic of virtue in this world rather than the next. Smith was motivated primarily by a political ideal, a moral version of liberalism. He rejected the political philosophy of the Greeks and Christians as authoritarian and unworldly, but contrary to what many…

Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/5/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682



Preface


Key To Abbreviations And References



Introduction



Smith's Intention



The Character of Smith's System



Method And Morals



God and Nature



Utility Versus Virtue



The Principle of Moral Impartiality



The Laws of Nature



Political Theories



The Historical Spiral



The Celestial Model



Economic Theories



The Moral Foundations of Economic Growth



The Political Economy of the Higher Virtues



The Principles of Economic Science



Smith's Contribution



The Depiction of Hume



Smith's Epistemology


Bibliography


Index