In an edition of the Philosophy Bites podcast last month, “Nicholas Phillipson, his acclaimed biographer, discusses Adam Smith’s view of human beings.” Phillipson argues of Smith that “even his economic thinking is perhaps best understood as part of a broader philosophical project of a science of human beings.”
For more on Smith’s “broader philosophical project,” including the relationship between his famous Wealth of Nations and rather less well-known Theory of Moral Sentiments, see the following from the archives of the Journal of Markets & Morality:
- Robert A. Black, “What Did Adam Smith Say About Self-Love?” (9.1)
- James E. Alvey, “The Secret, Natural Theological Foundation of Adam Smith’s Work” (7.2)
- James Halteman, “Is Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy an Adequate Foundation for the Market Economy?” (6.2)