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Prof Alexander Brodie explores Adam Smith's observations on morality and human behaviour. Smith believed that morality is, or should be, a lifelong project.
Series exploring major figures in the Scottish Enlightenment.
Prof Alexander Brodie explores Smith's observations on morality and human behaviour. Smith believed that morality is, or should be, a lifelong project that leaves no space for complacency about our moral status. Whatever we have achieved already, we could still make progress and we could still fall.
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