Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue

Ryan Patrick (Marquette University, Wisconsin) Hanley

Cambridge University Press, 2009

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This book revisits the moral and political philosophy of Adam Smith, capitalism's founding father, to recover his understanding of morality in a market age. Focusing on Smith's analysis of the psychological and social ills endemic to commercial society, Hanley argues Smith sought to combat corruption by cultivating the virtues of prudence, magnanimity and beneficence.

ISBN-13
9780521449298
ISBN-10
0521449294
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
Publication date
2009-06-22
Pages
242
Dimensions
238x155x19
Weight
458