Adam Smith in the Tradition of Natural Law Philosophy

• 발행기관: 서울대학교 경제연구소
• 저자명: Sangheon Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『경제논집』경제논집 37권 3호, 685~702쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 1998.09.30

영문 초록

Smith's notion of an invisible hand comes from the discussion of 17th century natural law philosophers and Scottish moral philosophers. Natural jurists argued that social norms are immanent in human nature, but it should be explicated by reasons and upheld by social enforcement. Scottish moral philosophers argued that self-interested individuals spontaneously adopted social norms, once they are explicated by reasons. Smith rejected the necessity of reasons to identify social norms, and argued that spontaneous activities of self-interested individuals bring forward social norms immanent in human nature. Smith also argued that politics of creating social institutions is beyond moral judgement and would provide solutions to the systematic breakdown of a free commercial society.

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Abstract

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FROM NATURAL LAW PHILOSOPHY TO SCOTTISH MORAL PHILOSOPHY

3. SMITH'S ARGUMENTS OF ENDOGENOUS SOCIAL ORDER

4. CONCLUSION

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