Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy Evensky Hardback Cambridge University Press

Adam Smith's Moral PhilosophyA Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics, and Culture\nAuthor(s): Jerry Evensky\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521852470, 978-0521852470\nSynopsis\nAdam Smith is the best known among economists for his book, The Wealth of Nations, often viewed as the keystone of modern economic thought. For many he has become associated with a quasi-libertarian laissez-faire philosophy. Others, often heterodox economists and social philosophers, on the contrary, focus on Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, and explore his moral theory. There has been a long debate about the relationship or lack thereof between these, his two great works. This work treats these dimensions of Smith's work as elements in a seamless moral philosophical vision, demonstrating the integrated nature of these works and Smith's other writings. This book weaves Smith into a construc.