The Theory of Moral Sentiments

图书标准信息

• 作者 Adam Smith 著
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 2010-05
• ISBN 9780143105923
• 定价 143.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 544页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Bestknownforhisrevolutionaryfree-marketeconomicstreatiseTheWealthofNations,AdamSmithwasfirstandforemostamoralphilosopher.Inhisfirstbook,TheTheoryofMoralSentiments,heinvestigatedtheflipsideofeconomicself-interest:theinterestofthegreatergood.Smith'sclassicworkadvancesideasaboutconscience,moraljudgementandvirtuethathavetakenonrenewedimportanceinbusinessandpolitics.

【作者简介】

AdamSmithwasborninScotland,in1723,andreceivedhisearlyeducationatthelocalburghschool.HesubsequentlyattendedGlasgowUniversity(1737-1740),andBalliolCollege,Oxford(1740-1746).TwoyearsafterhisreturntoScotland,SmithmovedtoEdinburgh,wherehedeliveredlecturesonRhetoric.In1751SmithwasappointedProfessorofLogicatGlasgow,butwastranslatedtochairofMoralPhilosophyin1752.TheTheoryofMoralSentimentswaspublishedin1759,andTheWealthofNationsin1776,thesameyearastheDeclarationofIndependence.AmartyaSenisaNobelPrize-winningeconomist,knownforhisworkonthewayeconomicsaffectsthewell-beingofhumans.FormerlytheMasterofTrinityCollege,Cambridge,SenisnowLamontUniversityProfessoratHarvardUniversity,anddivideshistimebetweenCambridge,Massachusetts,andCambridge,England.HisbooksincludeDevelopmentasFreedom,IdentityandViolence,andTheIdeaofJustice.RyanPatrickHanleyistheauthorofAdamSmithandtheCharacterofVirtue.AnassistantprofessorofpoliticalscienceatMarquetteUniversity,hehasbeentherecipientoffellowshipsfromtheMellonFoundationandtheNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.