Ryan Patrick Hanley
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016" Ryan Patrick Hanley holds the Mellon Distinguished Professorship in Political Science at Marquette University. He is the author of Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue and the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
The essential guide to the life, thought, and legacy of Adam Smith
Adam Smith (1723–90) is perhaps best known as one of the first...
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Hanley shows how Smith set forth a vision of the worthy life that is uniquely suited to people today. Full of invaluable insights on topics ranging from happiness and moderation to love and friendship, Our Great Purpose enables modern readers to see Smith in an entirely new light--and along the way, learn what it truly means to live a good life.