The Practical Morality of Life
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-4067-4 (ISBN)
The economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith was committed to ‘a practical system of Morality’. George Anne Bellamy was a well-known actress of the eighteenth century, who published a best-selling memoir. Coming from completely different backgrounds, they both keenly observed their world—human nature, morality and exchange.
Reading Smith’s final edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments in relation to the Apology of George Anne Bellamy illuminates many of Smith’s final revisions, in particular the impartial spectator, the temptations of ambition, the character of virtue and female education. Considering her book in relation to Smith deepens our understanding of her narrative strategies and the history of an early theatre near Glasgow. The book opens a vital window into the socio-historical context of Smith’s and broader enlightenment philosophies.
Caroline Breashears is Professor of English at St. Lawrence University, New York, USA. She has been a visiting Scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research and an Adam Smith Scholar at Liberty Fund. Her previous scholarly publications include Eighteenth-Century Women’s Writing and the “Scandalous Memoir,” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and articles in venues such as Economic Affairs, Aphra Behn Online, The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Script & Print, Modern Philology, Philological Quarterly, and Eighteenth-Century Fiction.
Acknowledgments
Timeline: Adam Smith and George Anne Bellamy in the Eighteenth Century
Introduction: Practical Morality in the Theatre of Life
1. Dramatic Acts: The Alston Street Playhouse and The Wealth of Nations
2. 'I must surely stand acquitted': The Impartial Spectator in Bellamy's Apology
3. Seeing What Smith Saw: Moral Judgment in The Theory of Moral Sentiments
4. 'Two different roads': Ambition in a World of Temptation
5. Smith's 'practical system of Morality': The Character of Virtue in Context
Works Cited
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.05.2025 |
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| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-4067-X / 139954067X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-4067-4 / 9781399540674 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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