Adam Smith's System of Liberty, Wealth, and Virtue
The Moral and Political Foundations of The Wealth of Nations
Fitzgibbons, Athol Head of the School of Economics, Griffith University, Queensland
Print publication date: 1997 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829288-3




4 Utility Versus Virtue
doi:10.1093/0198292880.003.0004

Athol Fitzgibbons
Abstract: Explains that Smith's new moral philosophy was designed to establish a balance between ancient virtue, for social stability, and modern self-love, for economic dynamism.

Keywords: fatalism, self-love, stoicism, virtue,

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Full Book Contents
Preface
Part I Introduction
1 Smith's Intention
2 The Character of Smith's System
Part II Method and Morals
3 God and Nature
4 Utility Versus Virtue
5 The Principle of Moral Impartiality
6 The Laws of Nature
Part III Political Theories
7 Social and Political Laws
8 The Historical Spiral
9 The Celestial Model
IV Economic Theories
10 The Moral Foundations of Economic Growth
11 The Political Economy of the Higher Virtues
12 The Principles of Economic Science
13 Smith's Contribution
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
 
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