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Adam Smith's moral philosophy : a historical and contemporary perspective on markets, law, ethics, and culture /
Adam Smith is the best known among economists for his book, The Wealth of Nations, often viewed as the keystone of modern economic thought. For many he has become associated with a quasi-libertarian laissez-faire philosophy. Others, often heterodox economists and social philosophers, on the contrary...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Historical perspectives on modern economics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Adam Smith is the best known among economists for his book, The Wealth of Nations, often viewed as the keystone of modern economic thought. For many he has become associated with a quasi-libertarian laissez-faire philosophy. Others, often heterodox economists and social philosophers, on the contrary, focus on Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, and explore his moral theory. There has been a long debate about the relationship or lack thereof between these, his two great works. This work treats these dimensions of Smith's work as elements in a seamless moral philosophical vision, demonstrating the integrated nature of these works and Smith's other writings. This book weaves Smith into a constructive critique of modern economic analysis (engaging along the way the work of Nobel Laureates Gary Becker, Amarty Sen, Douglass North, and James Buchanan) and builds bridges between that discourse and the other social sciences. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 331 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511345302 0511345305 9780511610646 0511610645 9780521852470 0521852471 |