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Adam Smith's Pluralism: Rationality, Education, and the Moral Sentiments

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Adam Smith's Pluralism: Rationality, Education, and the Moral Sentiments - Weinstein, Jack Russell
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In this thought-provoking study, Jack Russell Weinstein suggests the foundations of liberalism can be found in the writings of Adam Smith (1723-1790), a pioneer of modern economic theory and a major figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. While offering an interpretive methodology for approaching Smith's two major works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations , Weinstein argues against the libertarian interpretation of Smith, emphasizing his philosophies of education and rationality. Weinstein also ...

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Adam Smith's Pluralism: Rationality, Education, and the Moral Sentiments 2013, Yale University Press, New Haven

ISBN-13: 9780300162530

Hardcover