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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (223 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191521768
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and VirtueDDC classification:
  • 330.15/3
LOC classification:
  • HB103.S6F58 1995eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Key to Abbreviations and References -- I: INTRODUCTION -- 1 Smith's Intention -- 2 The Character of Smith's System -- II: METHOD AND MORALS -- 3 God and Nature -- 4 Utility versus Virtue -- 5 The Principle of Moral Impartiality -- 6 The Laws of Nature -- III: POLITICAL THEORIES -- 7 Social and Political Laws -- 8 The Historical Spiral -- 9 The Celestial Model -- IV: ECONOMIC THEORIES -- 10 The Moral Foundations of Economic Growth -- 11 The Political Economy of the Higher Virtues -- 12 The Principles of Economic Science -- 13 Smith's Contribution -- Appendix 1 The Depiction of Hume -- Appendix 2 Smith's Epistemology -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: This study analyses the influence that Adam Smith's philosophy had on his Wealth of Nations, and reveals the unity in Smith's extensive system of morals, politics, and economics. It concludes that Smith was motivated by a political ideal, which was moral liberalism.
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Intro -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Key to Abbreviations and References -- I: INTRODUCTION -- 1 Smith's Intention -- 2 The Character of Smith's System -- II: METHOD AND MORALS -- 3 God and Nature -- 4 Utility versus Virtue -- 5 The Principle of Moral Impartiality -- 6 The Laws of Nature -- III: POLITICAL THEORIES -- 7 Social and Political Laws -- 8 The Historical Spiral -- 9 The Celestial Model -- IV: ECONOMIC THEORIES -- 10 The Moral Foundations of Economic Growth -- 11 The Political Economy of the Higher Virtues -- 12 The Principles of Economic Science -- 13 Smith's Contribution -- Appendix 1 The Depiction of Hume -- Appendix 2 Smith's Epistemology -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

This study analyses the influence that Adam Smith's philosophy had on his Wealth of Nations, and reveals the unity in Smith's extensive system of morals, politics, and economics. It concludes that Smith was motivated by a political ideal, which was moral liberalism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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