Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and Virtue: The Moral and Political Foundations of the Wealth of Nations

by Athol Fitzgibbons

This book examines the influence that Adam Smith's philosophy had on his economics, drawing on the neglected parts of Smith's writings to show that the political and economic theories built logically on his morals. It analyses the significance of his stoic beliefs, his notions of art and music, astronomy, philosophy and war, and shows that Smith's invisible hand was part of a system' that was meant to replace medieval Christianity with an ethic of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198292880
• ISBN13: 9780198292883
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"