Hoover on "Vanity"

Kevin D. Hoover ()

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2008, vol. 67, issue 3, pages 445-453

Abstract: In the "Vanity of the Philosopher", Sandra Peart and David Levy reconsider "postclassical" economics from the vantage point of Adam Smith's "analytical" egalitarianism. Analytical egalitarianism is assumed, not proved; and Peart and Levy's criticisms of many 19-super-th- and early 20-super-th-century economists, as well as eugenics in general, depend on equivocating between analytical and substantive egalitarianism. They fail to provide a non-question-begging critique of eugenics. Copyright © 2008 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc..

Date: 2008

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