Summarize the economic ideas of Adam Smith. How did they reflect Enlightenment optimism about human rationality? Are his views still current today?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Laissez faire is a hardy perennial in the world of economic theory, and students should be able to cite some contemporary traces of it. The proximate source for Smith's idealistic view of human nature is Locke; the ultimate source is the atheist/deist denial of original sin—the traditional Judeo-Christian concept that after the sin of Adam, human nature tends toward disordered and sinful behavior.
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