Smith and Rousseau in Conversation: Liberty, Commerce, and Moral Responsibility
ABSTRACT
This colloquium explored the relationship between Rousseau and Smith, with the intention of understanding how their engagement helped to shape understandings of a free society and of the operation and moral impact of commerce. Among the key themes explored were their shared intellectual interests in pity, sympathy, and commerce.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Leigh, R. A. Correspondence Complète De Rousseau. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2004.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Discourses and other early political writings. Edited by Victor Gourevitch. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Emile: or On Education. Translated by Allan Bloom. New York: Basic Books, 1979.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy. Edited by Roger D. Masters and Judith R. Masters. Boston and New York: St. Martin’s Press, Inc., 1978.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy. Edited by Roger D. Masters and Judith R. Masters. Boston and New York: St. Martin’s Press, Inc., 1978.
Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by R. H. Campbell, A. S. Skinner, and W. B. Todd. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981.
Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1982.