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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452930503321

Autore

Weinstein Jack Russell

Titolo

Adam Smith's pluralism [[electronic resource] ] : rationality, education, and the moral sentiments / / Jack Russell Weinstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-300-16375-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Pluralism

Education - Philosophy

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. What rationality is -- pt. 2. Improving rational judgment.

Sommario/riassunto

In this thought-provoking study, Jack Russell Weinstein suggests the foundations of liberalism can be found in the writings of Adam Smith (1723-1790), a pioneer of modern economic theory and a major figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.