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Moral Philosophy
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Blessed Virgin,' I whispered, even though I couldn't even hear myself. 'Why must you keep sending me innocent monsters?
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― What Feasts at Night
― What Feasts at Night
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Today, Adam Smith is famous as the father of capitalism and an advocate of a central tenet of free market thought: that greed is supposedly good and it drives markets. This was an idea pushed by neoliberal economists, inspired by Friedrich Hayeck and Milton Friedman, who had no knowledge of the history of moral philosophy, or of Scotland. What they missed is that no gentleman of his time could ever espouse greed, least of all a professor of moral philosophy. Indeed, Adam Smith recognized greed a
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― Adam Smith: The Kirkcaldy Papers
― Adam Smith: The Kirkcaldy Papers
