ABSTRACT

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of academic interest in Adam Smith. As a consequence, a large number of PhD dissertations on Smith have been written by international scholars - in different languages, and in many diverse disciplines, including economics, women’s studies, philosophy, science studies, political theory and english literature: diversity which has enriched the area of study. 

In response to this activity, and in order to making these contributions more easily accessible to other Smith scholars, Leonidas Montes and Eric Schliesser have edited this important new book.  Of interest to Smith scholars and those interested in the history of economic thought in general, the contributions to this book are self-consciously interdisciplinary and skilfully employ many different methodologies.

part I|72 pages

Adam Smith, his sources and influence

chapter 4|26 pages

Beautiful and orderly systems

Adam Smith on the aesthetics of political improvement

part II|132 pages

Adam Smith and moral theory

chapter 6|25 pages

Double standard – naturally!

Smith and Rawls: a comparison of methods

chapter 7|28 pages

Applying Adam Smith

A step towards Smithian environmental virtue ethics

chapter 9|26 pages

‘This irregularity of sentiment’

Adam Smith on moral luck

part IV|67 pages

Adam Smith and knowledge