SMITH AT 300: READING AND REREADING “THE CORRUPTION OF MORAL SENTIMENTS”

“This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the History of Economic Thought 2023-06, Vol.45 (2), p.214-216
1. Verfasser:	Liu, Glory M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Capitalism Corruption Economic history Economic theory Inequality Morality Reading Symposium: Smith at 300 Wealth Worship
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Zusammenfassung:	“This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.” TMS I.iii.3.1
ISSN:	1053-8372 0142-7716 1469-9656
DOI:	10.1017/S1053837222000724