Adam Smith's Political Philosophy

Paperback / softback. New. When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an 'invisible hand'. Adam Smith's Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith's political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New. Examining the concept of the 'invisible hand' in Adam Smith's political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts in the works of Smith, Hume, Hayek and Popper, this text reveals a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses the unintended consequences of human action.