Adam Smith

ISBN-13: 9780415787550 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 380 str.

Samuel Fleischacker

Opis

Adam Smith is essential reading for those studying ethics, political philosophy, the history of philosophy, and the Enlightenment, as well as those reading Smith in related disciplines such as economics, law and religion.

Spis treści

Chronology  Preface  1. The sage of Glasgow  2. Epistemology; philosophy of science; aesthetics  3. Moral sentimentalism  4. Sympathy  5. Moral approval and moral judgment  6. The character of virtue; description and normativity  7. Advantages and disadvantages of Smith’s moral philosophy  8. Religion  9. Justice  10. Police  11. Economic principles  12. Liberalism.  Glossary  Index

O autorze

Samuel Fleischacker is LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. His books include The Ethics of Culture (1994), On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Philosophical Companion (2003), A Short History of Distributive Justice (2004), The Good and the Good Book (2015), What Is Enlightenment? (Routledge, 2012), and Being Me Being You: Adam Smith and Empathy (2019).