Volume 6, 2011
Editorial
Symposium: Adam Smith and the Conditions of a Moral Society
Guest Editors: Christel Fricke, Raino Malnes, Kalle Moene, Ragnvald Kalleberg
An international Adam Smith conference celebrating the 250th anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments was held in Oslo, Norway, on August 27 - 29, 2009. It was jointly hosted and funded by three Oslo based research institutions: the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN / Christel Fricke and Raino Malnes), the Centre for the study of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance (ESOP / Kalle Moene) and the Seminar on Theory of Science (Ragnvald Kalleberg). A selection of conference papers appear herein. All have been peer reviewed and revised for the publication in the Adam Smith Review.
1. Introduction
Christel Fricke
2. From Psychology to Moral Normativity
Maria Alejandra Carrasco
3. Adam Smith’s Story of Moral Progress
Carola Freiin von Villiez
4. Adam Smith and ‘the most sacred rules of justice’
Christel Fricke
5. True to Ourselves? - Adam Smith on Self-Deceit
Samuel Fleischacker
6. Propriety, Persuasion and Political Theory
Duncan Kelly
7. Social Distance and the New Strangership in Adam Smith
Lisa Hill
8. The Political Economy of Recognition
John O’Neill
9. Reciprocity in Seneca and Adam Smith
Jon Elster
10. Intersubjectivity, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Prisoners’ Dilemma
Vivienne Brown
11. The moral sentiments of Wealth of Nations
Karl Ove Moene
Article and Commentary:
12. Das Shaftesbury Problem
Douglas J. Den Uyl
Commentary:
13. Response to Douglas J. Den Uyl’s “Das Shaftesbury Problem”
James R. Otteson
14. Another Response to Douglas J. Den Uyl’s “Das Shaftesbury Problem”
Ryan Patrick Hanley
Symposium: The Fate of Anglo-American Capitalism
Guest Editor: Sandra Peart
15. Introduction: Sandra Peart
16. Upon Daedalian Wings of Paper Money: Adam Smith and the Crisis of 1772
Hugh Rockoff
17. Is a Beautiful System Dying? A Possible Smithian Take on the Financial Crisis
Maria Pia Paganelli
18. What Do We Mean By ‘Anglo-American Capitalism’?
Alessandro Roncaglia
19. Freedom, Efficiency, and Concern: Smith’s Future, and Ours
Robert Urquhart
20. Institutional Divergence in Economic Development
Jonathan B. Wight
21. Too Big to Live? Why We Must Stamp Out State Monopoly Capitalism
Niall Ferguson
Book Reviews
Tony Aspromourgos, The Science of Wealth; Adam Smith and the Framing of Political Economy
Reviewed by Jeffrey T. Young
Response by Tony Aspromourgos
Magali Bessone and Michaël Biziou (eds.), Adam Smith philosophe. De la morale à l’économie ou philosophie du libéralisme
Reviewed by Sergio Cremaschi
Response by Magali Bessone and Michaël Biziou
Gavin Kennedy, Adam Smith: A Moral Philosopher and his Political Economy
Reviewed by Michael J. Clark
Response by Gavin Kennedy
Deepak Lal, Reviving the Invisible Hand: The case for classical liberalism in the twenty-first century
Reviewed by Paul Gunn
Stephen J. McKenna, Adam Smith: The Rhetoric of Propriety
Reviewed by Catherine Labio
Response by Stephen J. McKenna