caa a22 4500 465817718 CHVBK 20180323112127.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00382664 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00382664 Coker Edward University of Southern Mississippi, P.O. Box 850, 39553, Gautier, Mississippi, USA aut Adam Smith's concept of the social system [Elektronische Daten] [Edward Coker] This essay will postulate that Adam Smith's view of society was formulated out of historical influences far broader than generally conceded by many commentators in economic thought. Smith's basic behavioral concepts of sympathy and self-interest are significant contributions to economic thought as are his philosophy of human nature being based on liberty and freedom and not simply the creation of wealth. The vectors of influence that converged on Adam Smith were of varied and even contradictory natures. Yet the result of this collision of philosophical forces was clearly an event of significance in the history of philosophical and economic thought. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/2(1990-02-01), 139-142 0167-4544 9:2<139 1990 9 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382664 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382664 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Coker Edward University of Southern Mississippi, P.O. Box 850, 39553, Gautier, Mississippi, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/2(1990-02-01), 139-142 0167-4544 9:2<139 1990 9 10551 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer