Fonna Forman-Barzilai (San Diego University of California)

Adam Smith and the Circles of Sympathy

Cosmopolitanism and Moral Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

This 2010 text considers Adam Smith's views on moral judgement, humanitarian care, commerce, justice and international law both in historical context and through a contemporary cosmopolitan lens. The result is a major contribution to Smith studies, and to the history of cosmopolitan thought and contemporary cosmopolitan discourse itself.

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Produktdetails

• Ideas in Context
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780521761123
• ISBN-10: 0521761123
• Artikelnr.: 30211719

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Smith's oikeiosis
Part I. The Circle of the Self: 1. Conflicted self
2. Sympathetic self
Part II. The Circle of Society: 3. Discipline and the socialized conscience
4. Perfectionism and social order
Part III. The Circle of Humanity: 5. Sympathy in space: Section 1. Physical Immediacy
Section 2. Affective 'Connexion'
Section 3. Historical Familiarity
6. The commercial cosmopolis
7. Negative justice
Conclusion: Cultural pluralism, moral goods, and the 'laws of nations'.