Gerschlager, Caroline - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2007
According to Adam Smith, self-deceit is essential to the economy. In this light the paper draws on the Theory of Moral Sentiments and revisits Adam Smith’s view of the self. The originality of Smith’s account of self-deceit is seen in his insights into self-regulating social forces. The...