| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Adam Smith's moral theory, part one: sympathy and the impartial spectator procedure -- Smith's moral theory, part two: conscience and human nature -- The marketplace of morality -- The 'Adam Smith problem' -- The market model and the familiarity principle: solving the 'Adam Smith problem' -- Justifying smithian moral standards -- The unintended order of human social life: Language, marketplaces, and morality. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
James Otteson provides a comprehensive examination of Smith's moral theory. Considering Smith's notions of natural sympathy, the impartial spectator, human nature, and human conscience the author also addresses the issue of whether Smith thinks that moral judgments enjoy a transcendent sanction. |
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. (OCoLC)fst00051861
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Smith, Adam (Philosoph)
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00846434
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Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
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Economische filosofie.
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Kapitalisme.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Eigennutz.
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Ethik.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Otteson, James R. Adam Smith's marketplace of life. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521816254 0521016568 (DLC) 2002023867 (OCoLC)49260373 |
| ISBN |
0511065175 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511065170 (electronic bk.) |
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0511073631 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader) |
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9780511073632 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader) |
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9780511610196 (electronic bk.) |
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051161019X (electronic bk.) |
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