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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828856803321

Autore

Smith Craig <1977->

Titolo

Adam Smith's political philosophy : the invisible hand and spontaneous order / / Craig Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-134-23586-0

1-134-23587-9

1-280-29159-1

9786610291595

0-203-00848-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 42

Disciplina

320.51/2/092

320.512092

Soggetti

Economics

Liberalism

Political ethics

Self-organizing systems

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Spontaneous order in liberal political thought; 2 The science of man; 3 The science of morals; 4 The science of jurisprudence; 5 The science of political economy; 6 The evolution of science; 7 The evolution of morality; 8 The evolution of law and government; 9 The evolution of markets; 10 The invisible hand; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an 'invisible hand'. Adam Smith's Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith's political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses the importance of the unintended consequences of human action.The first book to examine the history of Smith's political philosophy from this perspective, this



work introduces greater concept