Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
ISBN-13: 9780521449298
Description: Focusing on Smith's analysis of the psychological and social ills endemic to commercial society--anxiety and restlessness, inauthenticity and mediocrity, alienation and individualism--the book argues that Smith sought to combat corruption by cultivating the virtues of prudence, magnanimity, and beneficence. --from publisher description.