Smith’te Tutarlılık Tartışması Bağlamında Görünmez El Metaforu ve Kendiliğinden Doğan Düzenin İktisat ve Toplum Açısından Önemi

Hakan Gökhan Gündoğdu

Makale detayları

Smith’te Tutarlılık Tartışması Bağlamında Görünmez El Metaforu ve Kendiliğinden Doğan Düzenin İktisat ve Toplum Açısından Önemi

Yazarlar:

Hakan Gökhan Gündoğdu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi:

Journal of Political Science 2017 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.263-276

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000540972

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2147-6926

Özet:

 


This
study, deals with the emergence of political economy along with the production
of goods and


services
depending on the capital accumulation process. The Smithian impact in resolving
the link


between
the definition of political economy and distribution and accumulation shall be
explained.


Moreover,
the view that Smith’s works titled The Theory
of Moral Sentiments and The
Wealth of the


Nations contain consistency rather than
inconsistency are evaluated in the study. Smith deals with the


market
and political process in his work titled The Wealth
of the Nations. Therefore, it is expressed


that
the bases of political economy have been established by his work. Moreover,
Smith evaluates the


moral
philosophy in his work titled The Theory
of Moral Sentiments which focuses on the importance


of
concepts like utility and ethics. Accordingly, that the thinkers of Scottish
Enlightenment focus


on
emotions instead of mind and then Smith’s tendency towards emotional
rationality realized in


consistency
are expressed and that these thinkers are turning towards the concept of sympathy is


emphasized
in this study. Smith, one of the thinkers of Scottish Enlightenment, attempted
to describe


the
desire of people to be accepted, adopted and esteemed in society by the concept
of sympathy.


Furthermore,
Smith mentions that there is a relationship between the concept of sympathy and ethical


values. In this context, this study explains
the assessment of the concept of sympathy from a social


and
ethical point of view by the thinkers of Scottish Enlightenment. In addition,
it is argued that the


idea
of spontaneous order and the invisible hand metaphor in Smith have integrity
with Smith’s Moral


Sentiments Theory.
Smith, with the idea of spontaneous order, claims that individuals are pursuing


their
self-interest in the commercial society, as a result, a collective development
can be achieved by


this
way. In the spontaneous order, there are cooperations and exchanges in the
market among people.


On
the other hand, Smith expresses that public good will reach the highest level
with the invisible


hand
metaphor. Besides, the invisible hand metaphor is an instrument which balance
both market


and
society that has the function of regulatory force. This study, discusses the
importance of Smith’s


invisible
hand metaphor and spontaneous order for economy and society. In the study, it
is emphasized


on
the argument that Smith’s invisible hand metaphor can be explained with work
titled The Moral


Sentiments Theory. Nevertheless,
it is evaluated that the principle of sympathy in The Moral Sentiments


Theory is referred to the sense of competition
in The Wealth of the Nations and the economic life of the


buyer
and the seller is realized in a consistent way. In this context, the purpose of
the study is to reveal


and
discuss whether Smith’s invisible hand metaphor and the idea of spontaneous
order and also his


ideas
on economics, society and morality in general are linked to each other or not.
As a consequence


of
the study, it is stated that Smith had tendency toward the ideal of integrating
economics and moral


behavior
in The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of the Nations. Moreover, in general, that


the
Scottish Enlightenment thinkers referred to moral values rather than to the
self-interested reason

and the
discipline of the political economy has developed with Smith is manifested.



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Makale detayları

Smith’te Tutarlılık Tartışması Bağlamında Görünmez El Metaforu ve Kendiliğinden Doğan Düzenin İktisat ve Toplum Açısından Önemi

Yazarlar: Hakan Gökhan Gündoğdu

Yayıncı: Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar: Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi: Journal of Political Science 2017 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.263-276

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000540972

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2147-6926

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hakan Gökhan Gündoğdu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi:

Journal of Political Science 2017 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.263-276

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000540972

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2147-6926