James R. Otteson

Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life

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Produktbeschreibung

James Otteson provides a comprehensive examination and interpretation of Smith's moral theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780521016568
• ISBN-10: 0521016568
• Artikelnr.: 21226423

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Adam Smith's moral theory, part one: sympathy and the impartial spectator procedure
2. Smith's moral theory, part two: conscience and human nature
3. The marketplace of morality
4. The 'Adam Smith problem'
5. The market model and the familiarity principle: solving the 'Adam Smith problem'
6. Justifying smithian moral standards
7. The unintended order of human social life: Language, marketplaces, and morality
Conclusion.