The Spirit of Smithian Laws discusses Adam Smith's ethics. His impartial-spectator process is a dynamic call upward, enabling one to better sustain his or her locus of affirmation, to better cohere as a just human being. The puzzle is always: Wherein lies better ? Which way is up ? Smith's approach to the puzzle runs against foundationalism. His ethical thought is here called beholderism . It is organized by organons, chief of which is the notion of a beholder who is God or who is God-like in knowledge and universal ...
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The Spirit of Smithian Laws discusses Adam Smith's ethics. His impartial-spectator process is a dynamic call upward, enabling one to better sustain his or her locus of affirmation, to better cohere as a just human being. The puzzle is always: Wherein lies better ? Which way is up ? Smith's approach to the puzzle runs against foundationalism. His ethical thought is here called beholderism . It is organized by organons, chief of which is the notion of a beholder who is God or who is God-like in knowledge and universal benevolence (if not more). The chapters are: Major Themes and Ambling through a Few Spirals Who Is Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator? Beholderism: In Praise of Adam Smith's Organon and Allegory Hume and Smith on Utility, Agreeableness, Propriety, and Moral Approval Adam Smith's Nonfoundationalism Ought Is an Is regarding What is Owed to God/Joy: On the Positive-Normative Distinction The Circumstantiality of Bivariate Relationships in TMS In a Word or Two, Placed in the Middle Smith's Attitude toward Rousseau TMS's Appeal Moves with Openness to Nonfoundationalism: 35 Critics, 1765-1949 Circa 1800
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