Adam Smith and the Virtue of Justice
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Virtues. Punishment. Justice. Law. Adam Smith.Abstract
the central aim of this paper is to reflect on the role and meaning of the criterion of justice in Adam Smith’s thought, especially considering The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and partially Lectures on Jurisprudence and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. the basic intention is to try to outline a theory of justice that we could find in the works of Smith, particularly in his work of the 1759, namely, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. to this end, I will begin by clarifying some central concepts of his sentimentalist moral theory, such as, sympathy, impartial spectator and invisible hand. Subsequently, I will investigate the role of virtues in this anti-utilitariam normative theory and the distinction between negative and positive virtues. Given this, the next step will be to examine Smith’s conception of retributive justice, which seems to defend a hybrid theory of punishment by encompassing retributivist, consequentialist, expressivist, and rehabilitative aspects. Finally, I will reflect about the meaning of justice as a negative virtue and its connection with the law.Downloads
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