Major Works

• Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)

  - Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.
  Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… More

• “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.”

  - Hont, Istvan, and Michael Ignatieff. “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.” In Wealth and Virtue. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
  From the Publisher: “Wealth and Virtue reassesses the remarkable contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to the formation of modern economics and to theories of capitalism. Its unique range indicates the scope of the Scottish intellectual achievement… More

• “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?”

  - Berns, Laurence. “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?” The Review of Metaphysics (1994): 71–90.
  Excerpt: “Sympathy in smith. The most wide-spread, but ill-informed, opinion about Adam Smith, based on his reputation as the founder of modern economics, makes him out to be a Social Darwinist for whom the most important form of human interaction is… More

Other Works

• Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)

  - Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.
  Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… More

• “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.”

  - Hont, Istvan, and Michael Ignatieff. “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.” In Wealth and Virtue. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
  From the Publisher: “Wealth and Virtue reassesses the remarkable contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to the formation of modern economics and to theories of capitalism. Its unique range indicates the scope of the Scottish intellectual achievement… More

• “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?”

  - Berns, Laurence. “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?” The Review of Metaphysics (1994): 71–90.
  Excerpt: “Sympathy in smith. The most wide-spread, but ill-informed, opinion about Adam Smith, based on his reputation as the founder of modern economics, makes him out to be a Social Darwinist for whom the most important form of human interaction is… More

Commentary

• Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)

  - Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.
  Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… More

• “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.”

  - Hont, Istvan, and Michael Ignatieff. “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.” In Wealth and Virtue. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
  From the Publisher: “Wealth and Virtue reassesses the remarkable contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to the formation of modern economics and to theories of capitalism. Its unique range indicates the scope of the Scottish intellectual achievement… More

• “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?”

  - Berns, Laurence. “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?” The Review of Metaphysics (1994): 71–90.
  Excerpt: “Sympathy in smith. The most wide-spread, but ill-informed, opinion about Adam Smith, based on his reputation as the founder of modern economics, makes him out to be a Social Darwinist for whom the most important form of human interaction is… More

Multimedia

• Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)

  - Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.
  Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… More

• “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.”

  - Hont, Istvan, and Michael Ignatieff. “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.” In Wealth and Virtue. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
  From the Publisher: “Wealth and Virtue reassesses the remarkable contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to the formation of modern economics and to theories of capitalism. Its unique range indicates the scope of the Scottish intellectual achievement… More

• “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?”

  - Berns, Laurence. “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?” The Review of Metaphysics (1994): 71–90.
  Excerpt: “Sympathy in smith. The most wide-spread, but ill-informed, opinion about Adam Smith, based on his reputation as the founder of modern economics, makes him out to be a Social Darwinist for whom the most important form of human interaction is… More

Teaching

• Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)

  - Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.
  Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… More

• “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.”

  - Hont, Istvan, and Michael Ignatieff. “Needs and Justice in the Wealth of Nations: An Introductory Essay.” In Wealth and Virtue. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
  From the Publisher: “Wealth and Virtue reassesses the remarkable contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to the formation of modern economics and to theories of capitalism. Its unique range indicates the scope of the Scottish intellectual achievement… More

• “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?”

  - Berns, Laurence. “Aristotle and Adam Smith on Justice: Cooperation Between Ancients and Moderns?” The Review of Metaphysics (1994): 71–90.
  Excerpt: “Sympathy in smith. The most wide-spread, but ill-informed, opinion about Adam Smith, based on his reputation as the founder of modern economics, makes him out to be a Social Darwinist for whom the most important form of human interaction is… More