Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) |
Contents |
The problem : commerce and corruption -- Smith's defense of commercial society -- What is corruption? : political and psychological perspectives -- Smith on corruption : from the citizen to the human being -- The solution : moral philosophy -- Liberal individualism and virtue ethics -- Social science vs. moral philosophy -- Types of moral philosophy : natural jurisprudence vs. ethics -- Types of ethics : utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics -- Virtue ethics : modern, ancient, and Smithean -- Interlude : the what and the how of TMS VI -- The what : Sith's "practical system of morality" -- The how : rhetoric, audience, and the methods of practical ethics -- The how : the ascent of self-love in three stages -- Prudence or commercial virtue -- The challenge : from praise to prudence -- Educating the vain : fathers and sons -- Self-interest rightly understood -- The advantages and disadvantages of prudence -- Magnanimity or classical virtue -- The problems of prudence and the therapy of magnanimity -- Up from individualism : desert, praiseworthiness, conscience -- Modernity, antiquity, and magnanimity -- The dangers of magnanimity -- Beneficence or christian virtue -- Between care and caritas -- Benevolence and beneficence and the human telos -- The character and purposes of the wise and virtuous man -- Wisdom and virtue and Adam Smith's apology -- Epilogue: The "economy of greatness." |
Summary |
Focusing on Smith's analysis of the psychological and social ills endemic to commercial society--anxiety and restlessness, inauthenticity and mediocrity, alienation and individualism--the book argues that Smith sought to combat corruption by cultivating the virtues of prudence, magnanimity, and beneficence. --from publisher description |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 |
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Smith, Adam 1723-1790 |
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. |
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Smith, Adam (Philosoph) |
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Whitman College -- Memorial bookplates -- Class of 1949. |
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Virtue.
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Ethics, Modern -- 18th century.
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Virtues.
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Ethics, Modern.
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness.
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Virtues
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Ethics, Modern
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Virtue
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Tugend
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Tugendethik
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Dygd.
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Etik -- 1800-talet.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780511580895 |
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0511580894 |
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9780511580574 |
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0511580576 |
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0521449294 |
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9780521449298 |
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9780511581212 |
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0511581211 |
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9780521188234 |
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0521188237 |
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