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ADAM SMITH?S PRAGMATIC LIBERALISM IBD

LISA HILL
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
07 / 2019
9783030193386
Inglés

Sinopsis

Adam Smith is commonly conceivedáas either an economist or a moral philosopher so his importance as a political thinker has been somewhat neglected and, at times, even denied. This book reveals the integrated, deeply political project that lies at the heart of SmithâÇÖs thought, showing both the breadth and novelty of SmithâÇÖs approach to political thought.áA key argument running through the book is that attempts to locate Smith on the left-right spectrum (however that was interpreted in the eighteenth century) are mistaken: his position was ultimately dictated by his social scientific and economic thought rather than by ideology or principle.áThrough examining SmithâÇÖs political interests and positions, this book reveals thatáapparent tensions in SmithâÇÖs thought are generally a function of his willingness to abandon, not only proto-liberal principles, but even the principles of his own social science when the achievement of good outcomes was at stake.áDespite the common perception, negative liberty was not the be-all and end-all for Smith, rather,áwelfareáwas his main concern and he should therefore be understood as a thinker just as interested in what we would now callápositiveáliberty. The book will uniquely show that SmithâÇÖs approach was basically coherent, not muddled, ad hoc, or âÇÖfull of slipsâÇÖ, in other words, that it is a system unified by his social science and his practical desire to maximise welfare.á

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48,21€