TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Adam Smith's moral philosophy : a historical and contemporary perspective on markets, law, ethics, and culture
T2  - Historical perspectives on modern economics
A1  - Evensky, Jerry
LA  - eng
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2167524
AB  - 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.
SN  - 0521852471 hardback
SN  - 9780521852470 hardback
KW  - Smith, Adam : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Smith, Adam. : Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
KW  - Smith, Adam. : Theory of moral sentiments.
KW  - 1700-luku
KW  - Economics : Moral and ethical aspects.
KW  - Equality.
KW  - Ethics.
KW  - Teleology.
KW  - etiikka
KW  - talous
KW  - taloushistoria
ER  -