Adam Smith's Ethics and the “Noble Arts” Footnote1

1 An early draft of this paper was prepared for the European Business Ethics Network, Brunel University (2002) and the Association for Private Enterprise Education (2004). The author wishes to acknowledge the valuable suggestions of Jean Wight, Reingard Nethersole and two anonymous referees.

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