Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life - Ryan Hanley

Author: Ryan Hanley

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Cover Type: Hardcover

Pages: 176 pages

Language: English

Genre: Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Philosophy

Genre Class: Business, Economics, General

Hanley shows how Smith set forth a vision of the worthy life that is uniquely suited to people today. Full of invaluable insights on topics ranging from happiness and moderation to love and friendship, Our Great Purpose enables modern readers to see Smith in an entirely new light--and along the way, learn what it truly means to live a good life.life.

P>Review "Hanley is a distinguished political scientist at Boston College who has specialized in Smith; here in thirty short chapters he concentrates his accumulated expertize to deliver an Ariadnes thread to guide the reader through the multiple issues Smith introduces and explores. . . . This should be passed out to all beginning students of Economics."---Patrick Madigan, Heythrop Journal"[Adam] Smith had a way of pulling all aspects of human society together, from eating and drinking with friends to trading on the stock exchange. To separate them destroys the larger picture. . . . While Smith never advocated a single best way for all people to live, . . . [he] deftly connected all human activity into a single, philosophical portrait, and Our Great Purpose makes a compelling case for us to study it closely."---David J. Davis, Wall Street Journal"A gem of a book, offering fresh insights into Smiths writings and drawing holistic connections that make his philosophy come alive."---Jonathan Wight, The American Economist"An accessible, erudite, and concise introduction to Adam Smith in full, the moral philosopher of wisdom and prudence."---Jordan Ballor"An essential text of practical wisdom."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"Ryan Patrick Hanley has provided a succinct, witty and informative work on the relevance of Adam Smith today, mercifully released from the old father of capitalism misrepresentation. . . . An excellent primer on the true Smith."---Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday"This excellent book deserves a wide audience and should be required reading for every college freshman."---J. H. Spence, Choice Reviews About the Author: Ryan Patrick Hanley is professor of political science at Boston College. He is the author of Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue and the editor of Adam Smith: His Life, Thought, and Legacy (Princeton) and the Penguin Classics edition of Adam Smiths The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

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