New perspectives on Adam Smith's The theory of moral sentiments

Geoff Cockfield, Ann Firth, John Laurent

Adam Smith's remarkable book, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", now deservedly coming to greater prominence, combines classical philosophy, early modern psychology and incisive observations of everyday life into a complex theory of human behaviour. "New Perspectives on Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments"" is a comprehensive study of Smith's ideas, reflecting the explosion of interest in his work. It brings together themes and methodologies from a variety of fields, including politics, sociology, intellectual history, history of science and evolutionary psychology.The contributions revolve around four themes: the ways in which Smith combined both classical and modern sources to create his own account of human economic and social behaviour; the insights gained from taking seriously the centrality of a benevolent deity to Smith's system; Smith's exploration of new forms of civility and self-formation, and the relationship between Smith's moral philosophy and the emerging bodies of knowledge that were formalized in the nineteenth century as sociology and science. Economists and political economists have predominated in Adam Smith scholarship. This book looks at Smith's ideas from a much broader set of disciplinary perspectives and as such will appeal to historians of economic, political and moral thought as well as Adam Smith scholars in particular and economists more generally.

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  • Contents:1. IntroductionGeoff Cockfield Ann Firth John Laurent2. The Role of Thumos in Adam Smith's SystemLisa Hill3. Adam Smith's Treatment of the Greeks in The Theory of Moral Sentiments: The Case of AristotleRichard Temple-Smith4. Adam Smith, Religion and the Scottish EnlightenmentPete Clarke5. The 'New View' of Adam Smith and the Development of his Views Over TimeJames E. Alvey6. The Moon Before the Dawn: A Seventeenth Century Precursor of Smith's The Theory of Moral SentimentsJack Barbalet7. Smith's Moral Philosophy as Ethical Self-formationAnn Firth8. Science and its Applications in The Theory of Moral SentimentsDavid Thorpe9. Adam Smith, Charles Darwin and the Moral SenseJohn Laurent and Geoff CockfieldIndex

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書名 New perspectives on Adam Smith's The theory of moral sentiments
著作者等 Laurent, John
Firth Ann
Cockfield Geoff
出版元 E. Elgar
刊行年月 c2007
ページ数 vii, 170 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9781845424800
NCID BA84025664
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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