TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walraevens,Benoît
TI  - Corruption of Workers and Education in Commercial Societies According to Adam Smith
PY  - 2011///.
							
N1  - 21
N2  - This article aims to show the originality and the richness of Smith’s analysis of the dehumanizing effects of the division of labour. First, I find out the origin of his analysis in the debates of civic humanism on the corruption of people’s character in commercial societies. Then I show that Smith presents a specific and broader concept of corruption based on his own ethical theory. To be more precise, the corruption of workers must be seen as a loss of the four cardinal virtues [prudence, justice, beneficence, and self-command) and as a weakening of their capacity to sympathize with others. Consequently, public education is supported by Smith on the ground that it fosters people’s civic and moral sentiments
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-papers-in-political-economy-1-2011-1-page-11?lang=en
ER  -