"Adam Smith Problem" And Its Contemporary Inspiration

This article is based on "Adam Smith Problem", trying to find the "Adam Smith Problem" contemporary resolve by egoism and altruism conflicts and tension, personal interests and the public interest dialectic relationships and conflict the background of the value orientation chosen. In Adam Smith’s ideal society, the human nature of egoism and altruism should be the heart of the unity, egoism and altruism, personal interests and the public interest is entirely possible to achieve a unified state. People both competition and cooperation in economic life and in competition to promote cooperation and help of the legal system and moral construction to the pursuit of self-discipline and his law of unity, and ultimately to achieve harmony of interests. However, neither Smith himself as "Adam Smith Problem" solution, providing clear theoretical scheme, but did not provide a practical way, so that "Adam Smith Problem" has become a major issue and economists still debate the ethics community in nowdays. Contemporary significance and value of Smith problem lies not only in the core issues of the problem, namely the assumption that the relationship between humanity and interests, is still the basic theory of Philosophy and Social Science sector is concerned, and that the problem with the public and private, personal interests and the public interest, even closely related to the market and the government, institutional and practical issues such as morality. In China’s modernization process, how to deal with personal and individual interests, how to understand the public interest, how rationally and fairly deal with the relationship between individual interests and the public interest, how to look at the nature of market players to pursue their own interests and the public interest to maintain relations with the implementation, and market "invisible hand", the role of government and its relationship with the limitations of the "visible hand" and so on, both major theoretical problems we face, but also the very real practical problems. In view of this, theoretically investigate and clarify the "Adam Smith Problem" the basic thrust of connotation and problems, explore resolve the "Adam Smith Problem" real path in practice, it has become very urgent and necessary. Thesis for "Adam Smith Problem" theory of history and reality of the context of the debate as a starting point combing reveals "Adam Smith Problem" core kernel, focusing on the great practical significance-Contemporary Inspiration "Adam Smith Problem" and Its Resolution- theoretical issues discussed in depth in order to contemporary Chinese society and ideas about the "Adam Smith Problem" chaos theory and even biased deviation value of various problem solving, as well as the ethical practice of contemporary China and the direction of system construction, to provide a the method of financing the path reference.