Adam Smith S Pragmatic Liberalism

Author : Lisa Hill
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030193379

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Adam Smith’s Pragmatic Liberalism by Lisa Hill Pdf

Adam Smith is commonly conceived as either an economist or a moral philosopher so his importance as a political thinker has been somewhat neglected and, at times, even denied. This book reveals the integrated, deeply political project that lies at the heart of Smith’s thought, showing both the breadth and novelty of Smith’s approach to political thought. A key argument running through the book is that attempts to locate Smith on the left-right spectrum (however that was interpreted in the eighteenth century) are mistaken: his position was ultimately dictated by his social scientific and economic thought rather than by ideology or principle. Through examining Smith’s political interests and positions, this book reveals that apparent tensions in Smith's thought are generally a function of his willingness to abandon, not only proto-liberal principles, but even the principles of his own social science when the achievement of good outcomes was at stake. Despite the common perception, negative liberty was not the be-all and end-all for Smith; rather, welfare was his main concern and he should therefore be understood as a thinker just as interested in what we would now call positive liberty. The book will uniquely show that Smith’s approach was basically coherent, not muddled, ad hoc, or ‘full of slips’; in other words, that it is a system unified by his social science and his practical desire to maximise welfare.

Author : Mittermaier, Karl
Publisher : Bristol University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529209099

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The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand by Mittermaier, Karl Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND Made famous by the Enlightenment thinker Adam Smith, the concept of an ‘invisible hand’ might be taken to imply that a government that governs least governs the best, from the viewpoint of society. Here an invisible hand appears to represent unfettered market forces. Drawing from this much-contested notion, Mittermaier indicates why such a view represents only one side of the story and distinguishes between what he calls pragmatic and dogmatic free marketeers. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Daniel Klein, Rod O’Donnell and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier’s main thesis and his relevance for ongoing debates within economics, politics, sociology and philosophy.

Author : Dennis C. Rasmussen
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271035093

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The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society by Dennis C. Rasmussen Pdf

Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights Smith’s sympathy with Rousseau’s concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was Smith’s view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, Smith’s approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society.

Author : Dennis Carl Rasmussen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Enlightenment
ISBN : 1107598850

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The Pragmatic Enlightenment by Dennis Carl Rasmussen Pdf

This is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen calls attention to the particular strand of the Enlightenment these thinkers represent, which he terms the 'pragmatic Enlightenment'. He defends this strand of Enlightenment thought against both the Enlightenment's critics and some of the more idealistic Enlightenment figures who tend to have more followers today, such as John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham. Professor Rasmussen argues that Hume, Smith.

Author : Dennis C. Rasmussen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107045002

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The Pragmatic Enlightenment by Dennis C. Rasmussen Pdf

This is a study of the political and moral thought of the Enlightenment, focusing on four key eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen argues that these thinkers exemplify a particularly attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.

Author : Mittermaier, Karl
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529215793

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The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand by Mittermaier, Karl Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND Made famous by the Enlightenment thinker Adam Smith, the concept of an ‘invisible hand’ might be taken to imply that a government that governs least governs the best, from the viewpoint of society. Here an invisible hand appears to represent unfettered market forces. Drawing from this much-contested notion, Mittermaier indicates why such a view represents only one side of the story and distinguishes between what he calls pragmatic and dogmatic free marketeers. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Daniel Klein, Rod O’Donnell and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier’s main thesis and his relevance for ongoing debates within economics, politics, sociology and philosophy.

Author : Athol Fitzgibbons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198289234

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Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and Virtue by Athol Fitzgibbons Pdf

This book examines the influence that Adam Smith's philosophy had on his economics, drawing on the neglected parts of Smith's writings to show that the political and economic theories built logically on his morals. It analyses the significance of his stoic beliefs, his notions of art and music, astronomy, philosophy and war, and shows that Smith's invisible hand was part of a 'system' that was meant to replace medieval Christianity with ethic of virtue in this world rather than the next. Smith was motivated primarily by a political ideal, a moral version of liberalism. He rejected the political philosophy of the Greeks and Christians as authoritarian and unworldly, but contrary to what many economists believe, he also rejected the amoral liberalism that was being advocated by his countryman and friend David Hume. Far from being myopic about self-love, Smith arrived at his theories of free trade, economic growth, and alienation via his reinterpretation of Stoic virtue. Of interest to economists, philosophers, political theorists, sociologists and lawyers concerned with jurisprudence, this book is clearly written, and its innovations reveal the hitherto hidden unity in Smith's overarching system of morals, politics and economics.

Author : Fonna Forman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351392853

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The Adam Smith Review: Volume 10 by Fonna Forman Pdf

Adam Smith’s contribution to economics is well recognised, but scholars have recently been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works. The Adam Smith Review is a rigorously refereed annual review that provides a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith’s works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings to the modern world. It is aimed at facilitating debate between scholars working across the humanities and social sciences, thus emulating the reach of the Enlightenment world which Smith helped to shape. This tenth volume brings together leading scholars from across several disciplines, and offers a particular focus on Smith's continuing impact on the history of economics. There is also an emphasis throughout the volume on the relationship between Smith’s work and that of other key thinkers.

Author : Hiroshi Mizuta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315476162

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A Critical Bibliography of Adam Smith by Hiroshi Mizuta Pdf

This critical bibliography of Adam Smith takes as its starting point the Kress Library of Business and Economics’ 1939 catalogue of its Vanderblue Collection of Smithiana. Since the bicentenary of The Wealth of Nations in 1976, the rate of international publication markedly accelerated, significantly extending the scope of this bibliography beyond 1939. Its scope has been further enlarged via the inclusion of essays on the diffusion process while the inclusion of all works in the chronological main bibliography gives an overview of the scope of this process. The notes appended to the entries provide a running commentary to the gathering pace of publication and the entries are organised chronologically with systematic annotation throughout.

Author : Andrew Skinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1870482042

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Hume Occasional Paper No.9: Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism by Andrew Skinner Pdf

Author : Dennis Carl Rasmussen
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0271033487

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The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society by Dennis Carl Rasmussen Pdf

Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights Smith’s sympathy with Rousseau’s concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was Smith’s view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, Smith’s approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society.

Author : Knud Haakonssen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Liberalism
ISBN : PSU:000015115324

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Traditions of Liberalism by Knud Haakonssen Pdf

"The papers in this volume were presented at a conference on 'The Liberal Tradition' in Sydney in August 1987"--P. x. Includes bibliographies and index.

Author : Maria Pia Paganelli,Dennis C. Rasmussen,Craig Smith
Publisher : Edinburgh Studies in Scottish
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 147445268X

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Adam Smith and Rousseau by Maria Pia Paganelli,Dennis C. Rasmussen,Craig Smith Pdf

Looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment This collection brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau scholars to explore the key shared concerns of these two great thinkers in politics, philosophy, economics, history and literature. Rousseau (1712-78) and Smith (1723-90) are two of the foremost thinkers of the European Enlightenment. They both made seminal contributions to moral and political philosophy and shaped some of the key concepts of modern political economy. Among Smith's first published works was a letter to the Edinburgh Review where he discusses Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. Smith continued to engage with Rousseau's work and to explore many shared themes such as sympathy, political economy, sentiment and inequality. Though we have no solid evidence that they met in person, we do know that they shared many friends and interlocutors. In particular, David Hume was Smith's closest intellectual associate and was also the one who arranged for Rousseau's stay in England in 1766.

Author : Emma Rothschild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110320640

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Economic Sentiments by Emma Rothschild Pdf

In a brilliant recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their day, with important consequences for our own. Her work alters the readings of Adam Smith and Condorcet--and of ideas of Enlightenment--that underlie much contemporary political thought. Economic Sentiments takes up late-eighteenth-century disputes over the political economy of an enlightened, commercial society to show us how the "political" and the "economic" were intricately related to each other and to philosophical reflection. Rothschild examines theories of economic and political sentiments, and the reflection of these theories in the politics of enlightenment. A landmark in the history of economics and of political ideas, her book shows us the origins of laissez-faire economic thought and its relation to political conservatism in an unquiet world. In doing so, it casts a new light on our own times.

Author : David A. Reisman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114238962

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Democracy and Exchange by David A. Reisman Pdf

Assesses the theories of democracy and exchange of five interdisciplinary thinkers, who tried to unite political and economic reasoning into a single theory of moderation and pragmatic management. It is a novel interpretation of two related interrelated concepts, five difficult authors and some of the pressing issues in debates.