The major impediment standing in the way for economists seeking to understand Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral … the term self interest to stand for selfishness, avarice, greed, or egoist, hedonistic or utilitarian behavior or ethics … misbelief among economists that Smith was a utilitarian in the WN, as opposed to being a practitioner of Virtue ethics in TTMS …

by Adam Smith in the Theory of moral sentiments and connect these with the themes Smith subsequently discusses in the …

This paper challenges the commonly held view that Smith's moral theory is a subjectivist theory. Smith's test for …

“legislative” efforts.Part I explores the philosophical foundations of his public philosophy: his theory of meaning and framework … for analysis and definition of key concepts, his theory of human affections and motivations, and his utilitarian theory of … value. It is argued that, while concepts of pleasure and happiness play nominal roles in his theory of value, concepts of …

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 …

Martin Pánek asked me to write a Foreword to a new edition of a Czech translation of Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral …

In the field of business ethics, Adam Smith has generally been viewed with a measure of suspicion. Smith's famous … market sceptics of business ethics. Little has thus far been done, however, to illustrate that Smith's moral writings … actually contain the fundamentals of a business ethics teaching. This paper analyzes his moral thought with a view to inferring …

One often hears the argument that Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments provides a basis for the construction of a …