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Adam Smith

Pocket
Engelsk
The Routledge Philosophers
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
  • Forfatter: Samuel Fleischacker
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 380
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: The Routledge Philosophers
  • EAN: 9780415787550
  • Utgivelsesår: 2021
  • Bidragsyter: Fleischacker, Samuel
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Adam Smith (1723¿1790) is widely regarded as one of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period. Best-known for his founding work of economics, The Wealth of Nations, Smith engaged equally with the nature of morality in his Theory of Moral Sentiments. He also gave lectures on literature and jurisprudence, and wrote papers on art and science.

In this outstanding philosophical introduction Samuel Fleischacker argues that Smith is a superb example of the broadly curious thinkers who flourished in the Enlightenment¿for whom morality, politics, law, and economics were just a few of the many fascinating subjects that could be illuminated by naturalistic modes of investigation.

After a helpful overview of his life and work, Fleischacker examines the full range of Smith¿s thought, on such subjects as:

  • epistemology, philosophy of science, and aesthetics
  • the nature of sympathy
  • moral approval and moral judg