TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weinstein, Jack Russell.
TI  - On Adam Smith
SN  - 534583849
AV  - HB 103.S6  .W433 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Wadsworth/Thompson Learning
KW  - Economics
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Philosophy, British
KW  - Philosophy, Scottish
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-97)
N2  -  2. The impartial spectator develops within the person as part of his efforts to align his feelings with those of the people immediately around him. His political philosophy tends    a minimalist state. He did not want the state to mismanage the economy, and he did not want it to promote religion or virtue. He did not believe that the political life  was the crown of the moral life, or that law or political institutions can help people develop virtue; Maps out common life from within, correcting it where necessary with its own tools rather than trying either to justify or to criticize it from external standpoint. Aims to break down the distinction between theoretical and ordinary thought. His moral philosophy has two features: 1. it uses sentiments rather than reason as the basis of its judgments
ER  -