Adam Smith's Moral Sentiments in Vanity Fair Lessons in Business Ethics from Becky Sharp /
According to Adam Smith, vanity is a vice that contains a promise: a vain person is much more likely than a person with low self-esteem to accomplish great things. Problematic as it may be from a moral perspective, vanity makes a person more likely to succeed in business, politics and other public p...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2018. |
Σειρά: | Issues in Business Ethics,
49 |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction
- A profile of Becky Sharp
- Chapter 1 - To be quiet and very much interested
- Chapter 2 - Educating the martial spirit
- Chapter 3 - Ambition, the poor man's son, and the poor man's daughter
- Chapter 4 - The self-estimation and self-command of a mighty conqueror
- Chapter 5 - Partial and impartial spectators in Vanity Fair
- Chapter 6 - An industrious knave becomes respectable
- Conclusion.