That’s the subject of the November Adam Smith 300 essay, written by Ryan Hanley of Boston College. What makes Smith’s philosophy of living any more worth our attention than many others that we ...

Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019). “The Human Good and the Science of Man,” History of European Ideas (forthcoming). “Tocqueville and ...

The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg, takes an intriguing, two-part look at Smith and the evolution and relevance of his ideas today, both economic and ethical. It’s ...

The 18th-century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith ... of Smith's ethical and economic theories. Smith was appointed professor of logic in 1751 and then professor of moral philosophy in 1752 at ...