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Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction xv PART I:Methodology CHAPTER ONE: Literary Method 3 1. Obstacles to Reading Smith 42. Rhetoric 12 3. Genre 15 4. Style and Philosophical Method 19 CHAPTERTWO: Epistemology and Philosophy of Science 27 5. Epistemology 27 6.Philosophy of Science 31 7. Philosophy of Social Science 34 8. Types ofEvidence 36 9. Providentialism 44 CHAPTER THREE: Moral Philosophy 46 10.Moral Sentimentalism 46 11. The Wealth of Nations and Moral Philosophy 4812. A Moral Assessment of Capitalism? 55 PART II: Human Nature CHAPTERFOUR: Overview 61 13. Philosophy and the Theory of Human Nature 61 14.Smith's Picture of Human Nature 66 15. Religious Sentiments 70 16.Impartiality and Equality 72 17. Culture and History 80 18. From HomoMoralis to Homo Economicus 82 CHAPTER FIVE: Self-Interest 84 19. WN inContext 84 20. "Bettering One's Condition" in WN II. 87 21. Self-love in WNI.ii 90 22. Self-interest versus "General Benevolence" 95 23. Self-interestas an Assumption in WN 97 24. Smith and Hobbes: A Response to Cropsey 100CHAPTER SIX: Vanity 104 25. Vanity in TMS IV.i 105 26. TMS IV.I in theLight of WN 108 27. TMS IV.I and the 1790 Edition of TMS 112 28. TheImportance of Vanity 115 29. From Homo Moralis to Homo Economicus (Reprise)118 PART III: Foundations of Economics CHAPTER SEVEN: Foundations ofEconomics 123 30. Natural Price/Market Price 123 31. Real Price/NominalPrice; Labor Theory of Value 124 32. The Long Term versus the Short; Growthversus Allocation; Definition of Wealth 131 33. Productive and UnproductiveLabor 134 34. The Invisible Hand 138 PART IV: Justice CHAPTER EIGHT: ATheory of Justice? 145 35. Some Puzzles about Smith's Treatment of Justice145 36. Smith's Different Accounts of Justice 148 37. A First Argument forthe Precision of Rules of Justice 153 38. Critical Jurisprudence and theProblems in Defining "Harm" 158 39. A Second Argument for the Precision ofRules of Justice 161 40. Reconstructing Smith's Theory of Natural Justice166 41. Smith's Critical Jurisprudence in LJ and WN 169 CHAPTER NINE:Property Rights 174 42. Property as Central to Justice 174 43. UtilitarianAccounts of Property 178 44. Locke, Hutcheson, and Hume on "Original"Ownership 180 45. Smith on "Original" Ownership 185 46. Property in WN 19247. Taxation and Property Rights 193 48. Inheritance and Property Rights 19749. Redistribution and Property Rights 200 CHAPTER TEN: DistributiveJustice 203 50. Two Meanings for "Distributive Justice" 203 51. Smith'sContribution to the Politics of Poverty 205 52. A Brief History ofDistributive Justice 209 53. The Right of Necessity 215 54. Smith andNatural Law Views of Property 221 PART V: Politics CHAPTER ELEVEN: Politics229 55. Moral Vices of Politicians 229 56. Cognitive Vices of Politicians233 57. Problems with the "Private Sector" 236 58. Law over Policy;Well-designed Institutions 242 59. Republics versus Monarchies; CivicRepublicanism 246 60. National Glory; War 250 61. Conclusion 257 EpilogueCHAPTER TWELVE: Learning from Smith Today 261 Notes 283 Index Locorum 313General Index 321