The Adam Smith problem : human nature and society in The theory of moral sentiments and The wealth of nations
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The Adam Smith problem : human nature and society in The theory of moral sentiments and The wealth of nations
(International library of economics, 1)
Tauris Academic Studies, 2007
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The Adam Smith problem : reconciling human nature and society in The theory of moral sentiments and Wealth of nations
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-185) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This is the first scholarly work to deal solely with the Adam Smith problem, namely the apparent contradiction between Adam Smith's most famous works, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" and "The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". Since the 1840s scholars have puzzled over and attempted to explain the fact that these works offer two fundamentally different and contradictory concepts of human nature. In this radical new approach Do an Gocmen argues that there are, indeed, two different concepts of human nature; in "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", Smith advocates a broad synchronization of human intention and behaviour under a beneficent providence in a system of mutual sympathy, whereas "Wealth of Nations" is a critical account of the human situation of the individual and is an egoistic description of human beings in commercial society. Gocmen argues that Smith does indeed put forward two different and varied ideas, arguing that the ethical position articulated in "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" can be, and was intended by Smith to be, applied as a basis for criticising the commercial society analysed in the "Wealth of Nations".
Gocmen argues that this ethical position points to the character of its ideal future replacement, that of Adam Smith's Utopia. Gocmen therefore dismisses as short-sighted and oversimple the common assumption that Adam Smith's Utopia consists merely of 'the invisible hand', the idea that markets would regulate everything if left to their own dynamics. This book challenges the traditional approach to Adam Smith and is the first contribution to the solution of a long-standing debate, making it essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the moral philosophy, political economy and utopian thought of Adam Smith.
目次
CONTENTS Part I: Introduction 1. The Adam Smith Problem: what is it about? 2. The approaches to the Adam Smith Problem 2.1 The textual-analytical approach 2.1a The French connection theory 2.1b The dualist justificatory approach 2.1c The defensive approach 2.2 The historical approach 2.3 How the Adam Smith Problem may be approached 3. An outline of the book Part II: Smith's theory of social individuality in the Theory of Moral Sentiments 1. What is crucial to the theory of the constitution of the self? 1. 1 Smith's objectivist and critical theoretical approach 1. 2 Where to begin? 1. 3 Smith's starting-point in his theory of the constitution of the self 2. Impartiality as the basis of mutual constitution 3. 1 How do we cognise and understand others and what do we understand from others? 3.1a Cognitive and epistemological difficulties 3.1b How imagination can help to overcome the epistemological difficulties 3. 1c The situation as the objective foundation of understanding 3.2 How do we cognise and understand ourselves by means of the mirrors of others? 3.3 Smith's theory of mutual judgement A. The difference between the process of mutual cognition and understanding and the process of mutual judgement B. Smith's theory of action B.1 Necessity and freedom in Smith theory of action B.2 Smith's theory of action as communicative B.3 The conception of utility and Smith's theory of action C. How do we judge? C.1 Occasions of judgement C.2 The general rule as the basis of the judgment of the impartial spectator C.3 Against casuistry and positive law C.4 The genesis of general rules C.5 The impartial spectator as a device for the therapy of passions and thought C.6 The genesis of the impartial spectator within C.7 The impartial spectator as the genesis of difference C.8 The difference between the judgment of other selves and ourselves C.9 Why do we necessarily appeal to the impartial spectator within? C.10 Impartial judgment aims at mutual sympathy Part III: Smith's account of the situation of the self in the age of commercial society in the Wealth of Nations 1. How to approach Wealth of Nations 2. Smith's account of the situation of the self in commercial society 2. 1 Smith's account of the situation of the self in market relations 2. 2 Smith's account of the situation of the self in the sphere of production 2. 2.1 Smith's account of the division of labour as affecting the situation of the self 2. 2.2 Smith's account of the situation of the self as affected by social class structure 3. Some comparative conclusions 4. Smith's historical justification of commercial society Part IV: Smith's critique of commercial society and his utopia 1. Smith's critique of commercial society 1. 1 Smith's critical Common-Sense realism as the epistemological basis of his critique of commercial society 1. 2 Smith's critique of the division of labour 1. 3 Smith's critique of the social class structure of commercial society 1. 4 Trust and free communication as the sign of an open society 1. 5 Smith's critique of the structure of recognition in commercial society 2. Smith's utopia: society as an open and progressive system of mutual sympathy 2. 1 Smith against Hume's and Mandeville's moral scepticism 2. 2 Smith's conditional justification of the possibility of utopia Part V: Conclusions Bibliography
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