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 …

conclusions.The Analects present a powerful case against utilitarian ethics in a manner which is very similar to Smith's argument … against utilitarianism.Smith and Confucius analyze and apply virtue ethics in a manner that is consistent and coherent. A … reader who understands Confucius will understand Smith, although Smith's rationale for the practice of virtue ethics is more …

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 …, outcomes, goals, or consequences and nothing else. Virtue ethics considers outcomes also, but is also concerned with the roles …

J. M. Keynes based the ethical foundations of the General Theory on a type of Virtue Ethics that he had learned from G …. E. Moore. Keynes himself reinforced his understanding of Moore's version of Virtue ethics with extensive readings of the … the individual. Keynes, near the end of section II in chapter 19, brings the full force of his brand of virtue ethics into …

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 …