
Adam Smith's Political Philosophy
When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an ''invisible hand''. Adam Smith’s Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith’s political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses...
When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an ''invisible hand''. Adam Smith’s Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith’s political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses...