Adam Smith and Richard Price on a Free Society of Equals. Issue 2 (13th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Whalen, Nicole
• Is Part Of: Canadian journal of philosophy. Volume 52:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 222
• Publication Date: 2022-02-13
• Subjects: Adam Smith -- Richard Price -- republicanism -- wage labor -- inequality -- markets; Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1017/can.2022.23
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0045-5091

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, I examine two competing republican ideals of a free society of equals in the eighteenth century. I claim that while the value of nondependency was central to the economic outlooks of both Adam Smith and Richard Price, their evaluations of free-market practices were dramatically distinct. In doing so, I introduce a new interpretation of the typologies of republicanism in the eighteenth century.