Adam Smith - Rilegato

Fleischacker, Samuel

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0415787564 ISBN 13: 9780415787567

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2021

Riassunto

Adam Smith (1723–1790) is widely regarded as one of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period. Best-known for his founding work of economics, The Wealth of Nations, Smith engaged equally with the nature of morality in his Theory of Moral Sentiments. He also gave lectures on literature and jurisprudence, and wrote papers on art and science.

In this outstanding philosophical introduction Samuel Fleischacker argues that Smith is a superb example of the broadly curious thinkers who flourished in the Enlightenment―for whom morality, politics, law, and economics were just a few of the many fascinating subjects that could be illuminated by naturalistic modes of investigation.

After a helpful overview of his life and work, Fleischacker examines the full range of Smith’s thought, on such subjects as:

• epistemology, philosophy of science, and aesthetics
• the nature of sympathy
• moral approval and moral judgement
• virtue
• religion
• justice and jurisprudence
• governmental policy
• economic principles
• liberalism.

Including chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary, 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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

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).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415787564
• ISBN 13: 9780415787567
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania