Theology, Morality and Adam Smith

ISBN-13: 9780367534653 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 328 str.

Jordan J. Ballor; Cornelis Van Der Kooi

Opis

This work details the theological sources and moral significance of the life and work of the Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith (1723–1790).

Spis treści

Introduction: Exploring Adam Smith’s Theological Contexts, Sources, and Significance   1. Bourgeois Culture: Understanding Adam Smith’s Moral Horizon    2. A Survey of Adam Smith’s Theological Sources   3. Calvin and Smith on Providence, Morality, Virtues, and Human Flourishing   4. Self-love and Its Discontents: Trajectories in Reformed Moral Philosophy and Theology before Adam Smith   5. Smith and the Scholastic Tradition on Markets and Their Moral Rationale   6. Adam Smith’s Seventeenth-Century French Theological Sources   7. Smith and Enlightened Augustinianism   8. Adam Smith’s Theological Hinterland   9. Butler and Smith’s Ethical and Theological Framing of Commerce   10. Adam Smith’s Theory of the Moral Vicegerents of God   11. Adam Smith’s Theology and Virtues as Conditions for the Potential of Free-Market Economies to Contribute to Human Flourishing   12. The Adam Smith Problem Theologically Reconsidered   13. Smith on Moral Agency, and the Moral Significance of Context