“Liberty and Responsibility in Adam Smith”

I'm looking forward to the Liberty Fund Colloquia “Liberty and Responsibility in Adam Smith” which runs July 6-12, 2009


READING LIST

Session I: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Parts 1 and 2 (99 pages).

Session II: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Parts 3 and 4 (84 pages).

Session III: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Parts 5 and 6 (70 pages).

Session IV: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Part 7 (78 pages).

Session V: “Considerations Concerning the First Formation of Languages,” Hume’s letter to Smith dated 28 July 1759 (letter #36 in Correspondence, pages 42–44); and Smith’s letter to Gilbert Elliot dated 10 October 1759 (letter #40 in Correspondence, pages 48–57) (33 pages).

Session VI: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Lectures 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 21–25, and 28 (72 pages).

Session VII: Lectures on Jurisprudence, B (Report dated 1766), pages 397–462, 471–515, 521–522, 528–535, and 538–544 (144 pages).

Session VIII: Wealth of Nations, “Introduction;” and Book 1, Chapters 1–5 and 6–8, pages 10–56 and 65–104 (86 pages).

Session IX: Wealth of Nations, Book 2, “Introduction,” and Chapters 1, 2, and 3, pages 276–285, 320–329, and 330–349; and Book 3, Chapters 1 and 4, pages 376–380 and 411–412 (70 pages).

Session X: Wealth of Nations, Book 4, “Introduction” and Chapters 2, 7, and 9, pages 452–472, 556–566, 572–577, 586–587, 610–618, 622–627, and 687–688; and Book 5, Chapter 1, and Parts II and III, pages 689–701, 708–716, and 723–729 (85 pages).

Session XI: Wealth of Nations, Book 5, Chapter 1, Article II, pages 758–797 (39 pages).

Session XII: Essays on Philosophical Subjects, “The History of Astronomy,” “The History of Ancient Physics,” and “The History of Ancient Logics and Metaphysics” (pages 33–129) (96 pages).

Session XIII: Essays on Philosophical Subjects, “Of the External Senses” and “Of the Imitative Arts” (pages 135–213) and “Letter to the Edinburgh Review” (pages 242-254) (78 pages).