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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... motive of self-interest than perhaps in any established Protestant church.”2 Catholic priests work harder than the ... motives “the butcher, the brewer, or the baker” may have for providing our dinner, Smith does not refer to self ...
... motive of self-interest than perhaps in any established Protestant church.”2 Catholic priests work harder than the ... motives “the butcher, the brewer, or the baker” may have for providing our dinner, Smith does not refer to self ...
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... motives are behind all human actions) to economic science (self-interest explains economic behav- ior, but not all types of human behavior). All the authors mentioned here did position themselves strategically with respect to their ...
... motives are behind all human actions) to economic science (self-interest explains economic behav- ior, but not all types of human behavior). All the authors mentioned here did position themselves strategically with respect to their ...
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... motive of human actions. P. H. d'Holbach, A Treatise on Man (1773) In his classic work, The Passions and the Interests, Albert Hirschman de- scribes the rise of the concept of interest in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. raison ...
... motive of human actions. P. H. d'Holbach, A Treatise on Man (1773) In his classic work, The Passions and the Interests, Albert Hirschman de- scribes the rise of the concept of interest in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. raison ...
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... motive of human actions . ” 7 Incomparably more famous , however , is Adam Smith's pronouncement : " It is not from the benevolence of the butcher , the brewer , or the baker , that we expect our dinner , but from their regard to their ...
... motive of human actions . ” 7 Incomparably more famous , however , is Adam Smith's pronouncement : " It is not from the benevolence of the butcher , the brewer , or the baker , that we expect our dinner , but from their regard to their ...
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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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