Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Religion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Rise of Liberalism
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Scott Scheall;
Scott Scheall
Arizona State University, USA
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Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak
Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak
American University of Paris, France
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Volume
41A
ISBN electronic:
978-1-83549-516-2
ISBN print:
978-1-83549-517-9
Series ISSN:
0743-4154
Publication date:
2023
Book Chapter
Chapter 3: Adam Smith and Religious Mercantilism
By
Maria Pia Paganelli
Maria Pia Paganelli
Trinity University, USA
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Maria Pia Paganelli
Trinity University, USA
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Maria Pia Paganelli, 2023. "Adam Smith and Religious Mercantilism", Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Religion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Rise of Liberalism, Luca Fiorito, Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak
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Abstract
Adam Smith sees religion both as having a useful and a dangerous role. People create gods to explain what they do not understand and appease their desire of justice when human justice is perceived to fail. These are socially useful functions of religion. But when religion is used as a political tool and is used for state capture purposes, then it becomes a dangerous and destructive force in society.
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