The Rehabilitation of Adam Smith for Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) takes a rather cautious view toward the value of the ideas of Adam Smith, due to his emphasis on negative political and economic liberty. Detractors of Smith within CST point to what they consider to be deficiencies within his works: an impoverished moral anthropology,...

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Main Author: Wolcott, Gregory (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2018
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 149, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-82
Further subjects:B Catholic Social Teaching
B Government
B Virtue
B Adam Smith
B Politics
B Free markets
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