Eugene Heath
Biographic Data
| ID | 3955965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene Heath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene |
| FAMILY NAME | Heath |
| SIGNATURE | HEATH E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sir John Davies on Custom and the Common Law
Seventeenth-century English common lawyer Sir John Davies sets forth, in his Irish Reports , a provocative and interesting argument on the nature of custom and its relation to the common law. This relatively unexplored argument shows how actions may emerge from conditions of liberty and slowly acquire qualities of social benefit and agreeability that are essential if the common law is to be identified with custom. Davies not only provides a coher…
Elgar Companion to Adam Smith
Adam Smith and Self-Interest
The concepts of self-interest and self-love feature prominently in both and . Various notions of self-preservation, self-interest, and self-love are distinguished, and it is shown how self-love functions less as a motive than as an orientation. Although self-love may corrupt moral perception, the impartial spectator serves as an antidote. Smith’s conception of self-interest in is a broad one and not inconsistent with the moral psychology of . Tha…
Art, Fame, and Commerce
In Praise of Commercial Culture. By Tyler Cowen (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000), ix + 278 pp. $14.95 paper
American Academic Culture in Transformation
(2001). American Academic Culture in Transformation. The European Legacy: Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 651-653
Rules, Function, and the Invisible Hand An Interpretation of Hayek's Social Theory
Hayek's social theory presupposes that rules are unintended consequences of individual actions. This essay explicates one kind of Hayekian explanation of that claim. After noting the kinds of rules that Hayek believes are subject to such a theory, the essay distinguishes three functional explanations advocated by Hayek. He combines one of these functional explanations with an invisible hand explanation. A schema suitable for constructing invisibl…
How to Understand Liberalism as Gardening: Galeotti on Hayek
The attitude of the liberal towards society is like that of the gardener who tends a plant and, in order to create the conditions most favorable to its growth, must know as much as possible about its structure and the way it functions
Adam Smith and Self-Interest
The concepts of self-interest and self-love feature prominently in both and . Various notions of self-preservation, self-interest, and self-love are distinguished, and it is shown how self-love functions less as a motive than as an orientation. Although self-love may corrupt moral perception, the impartial spectator serves as an antidote. Smith’s conception of self-interest in is a broad one and not inconsistent with the moral psychology of . Tha…
Rules, Function, and the Invisible Hand An Interpretation of Hayek's Social Theory
Hayek's social theory presupposes that rules are unintended consequences of individual actions. This essay explicates one kind of Hayekian explanation of that claim. After noting the kinds of rules that Hayek believes are subject to such a theory, the essay distinguishes three functional explanations advocated by Hayek. He combines one of these functional explanations with an invisible hand explanation. A schema suitable for constructing invisibl…
How to Understand Liberalism as Gardening: Galeotti on Hayek
The attitude of the liberal towards society is like that of the gardener who tends a plant and, in order to create the conditions most favorable to its growth, must know as much as possible about its structure and the way it functions
Rules, Function, and the Invisible Hand An Interpretation of Hayek's Social Theory
Hayek's social theory presupposes that rules are unintended consequences of individual actions. This essay explicates one kind of Hayekian explanation of that claim. After noting the kinds of rules that Hayek believes are subject to such a theory, the essay distinguishes three functional explanations advocated by Hayek. He combines one of these functional explanations with an invisible hand explanation. A schema suitable for constructing invisibl…
American Academic Culture in Transformation
(2001). American Academic Culture in Transformation. The European Legacy: Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 651-653
Art, Fame, and Commerce
In Praise of Commercial Culture. By Tyler Cowen (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000), ix + 278 pp. $14.95 paper
Adam Smith and Self-Interest
The concepts of self-interest and self-love feature prominently in both and . Various notions of self-preservation, self-interest, and self-love are distinguished, and it is shown how self-love functions less as a motive than as an orientation. Although self-love may corrupt moral perception, the impartial spectator serves as an antidote. Smith’s conception of self-interest in is a broad one and not inconsistent with the moral psychology of . Tha…
Elgar Companion to Adam Smith
Sir John Davies on Custom and the Common Law
Seventeenth-century English common lawyer Sir John Davies sets forth, in his Irish Reports , a provocative and interesting argument on the nature of custom and its relation to the common law. This relatively unexplored argument shows how actions may emerge from conditions of liberty and slowly acquire qualities of social benefit and agreeability that are essential if the common law is to be identified with custom. Davies not only provides a coher…
Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)