Smith, Adam
Although Adam Smith (1723–1790) was not the originator of many of the ideas that became modern economics, his synthesizing treatise, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wea...
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Smith, Adam [addendum]
Adam Smith's claim on the history of aesthetics lies in his essay, "Of the Nature of that Imitation which takes place in what are called the Imitative Arts,"...
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Smith, Adam(1723–1790)
Adam Smith, one of the most influential political economists of Western society, first became known as a moral philosopher. Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. His fat...
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The Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) believed that in a laissez-faire economy the impulse of self-interest would work toward the public welfare.Adam Smith was born on Ju...
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The Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) believed that in a laissez-faire economy the impulse of self-interest would work toward the public welfare. Adam Smith was born on J...
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There is something of a cult of Adam Smith at present. One devotee (George J. W. Goodman) has appropriated Smith's name to sell books about making money, others advise local and central governments in...
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Today Adam Smith is known mainly as an economic theorist, author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), and virtual patron saint of the free market. In his own time,...
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In the following excerpt from a chapter on The Theory of Moral Sentiments in Hirst's full-length study of Smith's career, Hirst focuses on Smith's notion of virtue, discussing the...
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In the following excerpt, Muller analyzes Smith's views on the moral and political roles of the intellectual as social scientist in commercial society.
Commercial society, in which every man be...
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In the following excerpt, Bittermann examines Smith's methodology in relation to the doctrine of natural law, arguing that, in formulating his ethical and economic theories, Smith rejected the ...
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In the following essay, Macfie places Smith and several other economists, including Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, and James and John Stuart Mill, within the historical context of the Scottish traditi...
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In the following essay, Campbell argues that Smith's moral and political philosophies are ultimately based on the principle of utility.
The thesis that Smith's theory of morality is esse...
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In the following excerpt, Raphael judges the strengths and weaknesses of Smith's theory of moral judgment.
The first chapter of the Moral Sentiments is entitled 'Of Sympathy'; the...
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In the following excerpt, Lux faults Smith's thesis (in The Wealth of Nations) that human self-interest is solely responsible for the economic well-being of the public, arguing that this theory...
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Adam Smith, along with David Hume and Adam Ferguson, was one of the great figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. England very wealthy by the middle of the 18th century, and Englishmen wondering where...
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Adam Smith is commonly regarded as the father of economics. He was famous for his fabulously written book An Inquiry into the Nature of and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In this series, he combine...
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Smith, Adam [addendum]
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