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La justicia conmutativa como núcleo irreductible: continuidades y tensiones en el proyecto intelectual de Adam Smith
[From Commutative Justice to the System of Natural Liberty: Continuities and Tensions in Adam Smith’s Work]

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  • Pilar Piqué

    (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

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Este trabajo examina la noción de justicia en las dos obras de Adam Smith —La teoría de los sentimientos morales y La riqueza de las naciones— con el propósito de esclarecer las razones teóricas y conceptuales que explican la inconclusión de su proyectada ciencia de la jurisprudencia. Se argumenta que Smith adoptó de la tradición clásica la noción de justicia conmutativa, erigiendo las leyes que protegen la vida, la persona, las posesiones y la propiedad como un núcleo jurídico sagrado e irreductible. En La teoría de los sentimientos morales, la justicia se presenta como una virtud coercible y necesaria, fundada en la aprobación instintiva del castigo ante el daño; en La riqueza de las naciones, esas mismas leyes constituyen la condición necesaria, aunque no suficiente, del sistema de libertad natural y del progreso comercial. El trabajo argumenta que ese núcleo jurídico irreductible fue asumido, sin cuestionarlo ni fundamentarlo, por la economía política del siglo XIX.

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  • Pilar Piqué, 2026. "La justicia conmutativa como núcleo irreductible: continuidades y tensiones en el proyecto intelectual de Adam Smith [From Commutative Justice to the System of Natural Liberty: Continuities and Tensions in Adam Smith’s Work]," Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Dpto. Historia e Instituciones Económicas I., vol. 13(1), pages 25-33.
  • Handle: RePEc:ucm:ijohet:v:13:y:2026:i:1:p:25-33
    DOI: 10.5209/ijhe.102204
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    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology

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