LEADER 03049nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910828856803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-23586-0 010 $a1-134-23587-9 010 $a1-280-29159-1 010 $a9786610291595 010 $a0-203-00848-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203008485 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247569 035 $a(EBL)254322 035 $a(OCoLC)299571828 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000097083 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138050 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097083 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10114467 035 $a(PQKB)10274853 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254322 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163649 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL29159 035 $a(OCoLC)63167721 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247569 100 $a20050203d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAdam Smith's political philosophy $ethe invisible hand and spontaneous order /$fCraig Smith 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (220 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in social and political thought ;$v42 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-84584-X 311 $a0-415-36094-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 330 $aWhen Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an 'invisible hand'. Adam Smith's Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith's political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses the importance of the unintended consequences of human action.The first book to examine the history of Smith's political philosophy from this perspective, this work introduces greater concept 410 0$aRoutledge studies in social and political thought ;$v42. 606 $aEconomics 606 $aLiberalism 606 $aPolitical ethics 606 $aSelf-organizing systems 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aLiberalism. 615 0$aPolitical ethics. 615 0$aSelf-organizing systems. 676 $a320.51/2/092 676 $a320.512092 700 $aSmith$b Craig$f1977-$0998874 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828856803321 996 $aAdam Smith's political philosophy$94196162 997 $aUNINA