Alasdair MacIntyre argues that the Enlightenment ideology, which includes Adam Smith's moral theory, lacks any sense of … part of Smith's moral framework, which does have touches of an Aristotelian-based virtue ethics that seeks the perfection … of people. From this assertion, the question arises whether a Smithian based moral theory is a sufficient foundation on …

Adam Smith’s version of Virtue Ethics can be traced directly back to Plato (Socrates) and Aristotle. Smith basically … have been looked upon kindly by the Scottish Presbyterian Church, of which Smith was a nominal member. Virtue Ethics, as a … system of ethics, is completely independent of the issue of whether or not there is a personal God or of any religion …