Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Economic thought, moral persuasion, and justice; 1 Moral rhetoric and political economy; 2 Sympathy and justice in Theory of Moral Sentiments; 3 Sympathy and moral horizons in Wealth of Nations; 4 The subordination of distributive justice in Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom; 5 The materialization of distributive justice; 6 Recognition and the relational demands of distributive justice; 7 Recognition and the problem of solidarity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book€provides an analysis of the work of Adam Smith and Milton€Friedman. It€argues that€these authors€use argumentative and narrative depictions of character to reinforce a sense of societal decorum as a stabilizing foundation for their theories