Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic ScienceCambridge University Press, 4 вер. 2003 р. - 279 стор. Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally assumed that the birth of modern economic science, marked by the publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776, was the triumph of the 'selfish hypothesis' (the idea that self-interest is the motive of human action). Yet, as a neo-Epicurean idea, this hypothesis had been a matter of controversy for over a century and Smith opposed it from a neo-Stoic point of view. But how can the Epicurean principles of orthodox economic theory be reconciled with the Stoic principles of Adam Smith's philosophy? Pierre Force shows how Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' and integrates it at the same time. He also explains how Smith appropriated Rousseau's 'republican' critique of modern commercial society, and makes the case that the autonomy of economic science is an unintended consequence of Smith's 'republican' principles. |
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... second chapter, I establish an important distinction, used in the rest of the book, between two main traditions: an Epicurean/Augustinian tradition, which uses self- interest as its sole principle, and a neo-Stoic tradition, which uses ...
... second chapter, I establish an important distinction, used in the rest of the book, between two main traditions: an Epicurean/Augustinian tradition, which uses self- interest as its sole principle, and a neo-Stoic tradition, which uses ...
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... second half of the nineteenth century, when economics became a highly formalized and mathematical discipline, self-interest was enshrined as the first principle that made all theoretical constructions possible. As F.Y. Edgeworth put it ...
... second half of the nineteenth century, when economics became a highly formalized and mathematical discipline, self-interest was enshrined as the first principle that made all theoretical constructions possible. As F.Y. Edgeworth put it ...
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... Second Discourse , Smith , who was then thirty - three years old and a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow , reviewed Rousseau's latest book in the Edinburgh Review . In his review , Smith hailed Rousseau as the ...
... Second Discourse , Smith , who was then thirty - three years old and a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow , reviewed Rousseau's latest book in the Edinburgh Review . In his review , Smith hailed Rousseau as the ...
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... Second Discourse as an appropriation of The Fable of the Bees will yield some important insights . Secondly , the similarities we have seen be- tween Rousseau's analysis of pity and Smith's account of sympathy indicate that they are ...
... Second Discourse as an appropriation of The Fable of the Bees will yield some important insights . Secondly , the similarities we have seen be- tween Rousseau's analysis of pity and Smith's account of sympathy indicate that they are ...
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... Second Discourse in England from 1755 to 1762 , ” Philological Quarterly 17 : 2 ( April 1938 ) , p . 98 . 53 Ibid . of Moral Sentiments , is an augmented version of Rousseau's 20 Self - Interest before Adam Smith SMITH'S “REAL ...
... Second Discourse in England from 1755 to 1762 , ” Philological Quarterly 17 : 2 ( April 1938 ) , p . 98 . 53 Ibid . of Moral Sentiments , is an augmented version of Rousseau's 20 Self - Interest before Adam Smith SMITH'S “REAL ...
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2 Epicurean vs Stoic schemes | 48 |
3 Selfinterest and reason | 91 |
4 Passions interests and society | 135 |
5 Interested and disinterested commerce | 169 |
6 Selfinterest and the public good | 205 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Bibliography | 264 |
Index | 276 |
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