Bernard Mandeville
type: Concept
broader: theories of ethics
broader: key people in libertarianism
broader: key people in consumer culture
definition: Bernard Mandeville was Dutch and English. One of the first modern thinkers to address the relationship between morals and economics, Mandeville is renown for his claim that a prosperous society could be brought about only by self-interested, not virtuous, individuals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Mandeville, Bernard (1670–1733)]

people
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Bernard Mandeville

key people in consumer culture
type: Concept
narrower: Bernard Mandeville

key people in libertarianism
type: Concept
narrower: Bernard Mandeville

theories of ethics
type: Concept
narrower: Bernard Mandeville