Enlightened Nation Building: The “Science of the Legislator” in Adam Smith and Rousseau

Hanley, Ryan Patrick

doi:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00309.x

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“…Again and again the moderation approach to conflict resolution emerges as one of the best methods of maintaining harmonious relations among diverse ethnic groups. Hanley (2008) discusses the meaning and mechanism of nation building, including the moderation approach, between Adam Smith and Rousseau. Both philosophers emphasise the limits of political intervention and the need to embrace a steady attachment to guide the universal principle of freedom.…”

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Power Sharing in Malaysia: Beyond Unity and Political Duplicity

Talib¹,

Sulaiman²,

Mujani³

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This article examines power sharing models and applies evidence from the Malaysian context. Most power sharing models display a high tolerance for diverse behaviors and use negotiation to restore balance when necessary. Moreover the workable power sharing model is one that improvises in order to meet competing plural contexts. Although the principal of equality is debatable, the tendency is to fulfill everyone’s interests by stretching limited resources to avoid conflict. The Malaysian government has placed significant effort into national programs that cultivate and nurture unity in its unique multiethnic society. Nevertheless, criticism has always regarded intensive government efforts as political duplicity set on maintaining the status quo of a regime. Such propaganda limits the pluralistic nature of society and the ability of its citizens to enjoy basic rights. Thus factors for power sharing are varied and most are leaning toward securing interests and benefits with resource scarcity attached to them. This article applies a qualitative method with process tracing techniques to build its arguments and to delineate evidence. As a result, the findings promote a stance beyond political duplicity and provide an alternative understanding for viewing multiculturalism as an ethnic dimension rather than a distinct ethnic social relation

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Section: Factors For Power Sharing: the Malaysian Experiencementioning

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Power Sharing in Malaysia: Beyond Unity and Political Duplicity

Talib¹,

Sulaiman²,

Mujani³

et al. 2013

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“… On Smith and Rousseau, see also Berry (2018: 326-46, based on a 1989 essay);Hanley (2008),Griswold (2010 and, and Hont (2015). 11 There are also essay-length treatments of the topic, includingRoss (2007).…”

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Hume and Smith studies after Forbes and Trevor-Roper

Skjönsberg¹

2018

European Journal of Political Theory

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The ‘Scottish Enlightenment’ has fostered a steadily growing academic industry since Duncan Forbes and Hugh Trevor-Roper put the subject on the map in the 1960s. David Hume and Adam Smith have from the start been widely considered as its leading thinkers, and their thoughts on politics have attracted an increasing amount of attention in recent years. Two new publications invite readers to reflect on the state of the art in Scottish Enlightenment studies in general, and especially Hume and Smith scholarship. Christopher Berry’s Essays on Hume, Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment collects many of Berry’s pathbreaking essays from a career spanning over 40 years . The Infidel and the Professor by Dennis Rasmussen is astonishingly the first book-length treatment of the private and philosophical friendship between Hume and Smith. Both publications reflect how much Scottish Enlightenment studies have expanded since the 1960s, and the sustained interest in Hume and Smith to boot. At the same time, they also raise questions about the future of the field and what remains to be done.

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“…Among the many recent works that include treatments of Smith's moral theory, see, for example,Brown (1994Brown ( , 2009, Witzum (1997),Griswold (1999),Verburg (2000),Ashraf et al (2005),Fricke and Schütt (2005),Haakonssen (2006),Rasmussen (2006),Cockfield et al (2007),Göçmen (2007), Parrish (2007,Raphael (2007),Hanley (2008) andSen (2009).…”

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“…(2005), Fricke and Schütt (2005), Haakonssen (2006), Rasmussen (2006), Cockfield et al . (2007), Göçmen (2007), Parrish (2007), Raphael (2007), Hanley (2008) and Sen (2009).…”

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Adam Smith and the Modern Science of Ethics

Konow¹

2012

Economics and Philosophy

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Third-party decision-makers, orspectators, have emerged as a useful empirical tool in modern social science research on moral motivation. Spectators of a sort also serve a central role in Adam Smith's moral theory. This paper compares these two types of spectatorship with respect to their goals, methodologies, visions of human nature and emphasis on moral rules. I find important similarities and differences and conclude that this comparison suggests significant opportunities for philosophical ethics to inform empirical and theoretical research on moral preferences and vice versa.

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Enlightened Nation Building: The “Science of the Legislator” in Adam Smith and Rousseau

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

Power Sharing in Malaysia: Beyond Unity and Political Duplicity

Power Sharing in Malaysia: Beyond Unity and Political Duplicity

Hume and Smith studies after Forbes and Trevor-Roper

Adam Smith and the Modern Science of Ethics

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