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The Science of a Legislator - The Natural Jurisprudence of David Hume and Adam Smith (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Science of a Legislator - The Natural Jurisprudence of David Hume and Adam Smith (Paperback, New Ed)
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Combining the methods of the modern philosopher with those of the
historian of ideas, Knud Haakonssen presents an interpretation of
the philosophy of law which Adam Smith developed out of - and
partly in response to - David Hume's theory of justice. While
acknowledging that the influences on Smith were many and various,
Dr Haakonssen suggests that the decisive philosophical one was
Hume's analysis of justice in A Treatise of Human Nature and the
second Enquiry. He therefore begins with a thorough investigation
of Hume, from which he goes on to show the philosophical
originality of Smith's new form of natural jurisprudence. At the
same time, he provides an over all reading of Smith's social and
political thought, demonstrating clearly the exact links between
the moral theory of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, the Lectures on
Jurisprudence, and the sociohistorical theory of The Wealth of
Nations. This is the first full analysis of Adam Smith's
jurisprudence; it emphasizes its normative and critical function,
and relates this to the psychological, sociological, and histroical
aspects which hitherto have attracted most attention. Dr Haakonssen
is critical of both purely descriptivist and utilitarian
interpretations of Smith's moral and political philosophy, and
demonstrates the implausibility of regarding Smith's view of
history as pseudo-economic or ?materialist?.
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