Petsoulas Hayek's Liberalism and Its Origins

His Idea of Spontaneous Order and the Scottish Enlightenment
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-11581-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

By exploring the writings of Mandeville, Hume and Smith, this book offers a critique of Hayek's theory of cultural evolution and explores the roots of his powerful defence of liberalism.
This book is an original contribution to the debate, and vital reading for researchers in politics, political theory, and economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petsoulas, Christina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I. F.A. Hayek's Theory of Spontaneous Order

1.1. Spontaneous Orders and Made Orders

1.2. The Epistemological Argument

1.2.i. The Dispersed Character of Knowledge

1.2.ii. The Human Mind as the Product of Cultural Evolution

1.3. The Argument for Liberty

1.3.i. Spontaneous Order and Liberty Under the Rule of Law

1.4. The Explanatory Argument

1.4.i. Spontaneous Order as Invisible Hand

1.4.ii. The Process of Cultural Evolution

Part II. Spontaneous Order and the Limits of Reason

2.1. Order and its Benefits

2.2. Unconscious Rule-following

2.3. Evolution of Rules of Just Conduct

Part III. Mandeville's Paradox 'Private Vices, Public Benefits'

3.1. Mandeville's Psychological Account of the Origin of Society

3.2. The 'Skilful Politician' and the Process of Moralisation

3.3. 'Private Vices, Public Benefits'

3.4. Mandeville's Political Economy

Part IV. Artifice and Order in Hume

4.1. The Limits of Reason

4.2. Reason, Passions, and Action

4.3. 'Moral Distinctions not Derived from Reason'

4.4. The Artificial Virtues

4.4.i. 'Of the Origin of Justice and Property'

4.4.ii. Origins of Government and Sources of Political Allegiance

4.4.iii. The Artificial Virtues and Spontaneous Order

Part V. Adam Smith: Sympathy, 'Invisible Hand' and the 'Man of Public Spirit'

5.1. Sympathy and the 'Impartial Spectator'

5.2. Conjectural History and the 'Invisible Hand'

5.3. The Visible Hand of the State

Conclusion