2017
DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2017.0003
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The Problem of Natural Religion in Smith’s Moral Thought

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“…10 Colin Heydt provides an ex negativo account by contrasting Smith's manuscripts with those of his contemporaries to find that his lack features to be expected from theories of an explicitly religious tenor. 11 Charles L. Griswold interprets Smith as providing a "psychological anthropology of religion," 12 so that only after rules are adopted do individuals come to recognize them as God's commands. Lauren Kopajtic and Paul Sagar follow suit by arguing that moral sentiments precede the process of assigning the source of these to a divine being.…”
Section: Smith and Religion In Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…10 Colin Heydt provides an ex negativo account by contrasting Smith's manuscripts with those of his contemporaries to find that his lack features to be expected from theories of an explicitly religious tenor. 11 Charles L. Griswold interprets Smith as providing a "psychological anthropology of religion," 12 so that only after rules are adopted do individuals come to recognize them as God's commands. Lauren Kopajtic and Paul Sagar follow suit by arguing that moral sentiments precede the process of assigning the source of these to a divine being.…”
Section: Smith and Religion In Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The theological roots and elements of Smith’s economic thought have been analyzed extensively (Viner 1972; Hill 2004; Harrison 2011; Oslington 2011, 2017). His contemporaries (e.g., Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Josiah Tucker, William Paley, to mention just a few) were very interested in theological issues, theodicy included (Moore 2000; Waterman 2002; Hill 2004; Neiman 2015; Heydt 2017; Blaney 2018; Oslington 2017; Hengstmengel 2019; Ballor and Van der Kooi 2022). In the WN , Smith referred to “wisdom, “work,” and “labour,” among other actions accomplished by nature as a “putative creator” (Smith in Waterman 2002, p. 909).…”
Section: Conclusion: a Theological Reading?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The theological roots and elements of Smith's economic thought have been analyzed extensively (Viner 1972;Hill 2004;Harrison 2011;Oslington 2011Oslington , 2017. His contemporaries (e.g., Hutcheson, Butler, Tucker, Paley, to mention just a few) were very interested in theological issues, theodicy included (Moore 2000;Waterman 2002;Hill 2004;Neiman 2015;Heydt 2017;Blaney 2018;Oslington 2017;Hengstmengel 2019). In the WN, Smith referred to "wisdom, "work," and "labour," among other actions accomplished by nature as a "putative creator" (Smith in Waterman 2002, p. 909).…”
Section: Conclusion: a Theological Reading?mentioning
confidence: 99%