We investigate the role of individualistic social rules and norms in charitable giving.
Individualism in market societies is often criticized as corrupting morality and discouraging …

Commerce changes the production of wealth in a society as well as its ethics. What is
appropriate in a non-commercial society is not necessarily appropriate in a commercial one …

For Adam Smith, a crime is not the result of a rational calculation of loss and gain but the
consequence of envy and a vain desire to parade wealth to attract the approbation of others …

Abstract The 'History of Astronomy'is fundamental to understanding Smith's epistemology.
The most problematic issue of this text is that Smith intended to analyse the history of …

Is economic freedom compatible with social justice? Hayek (1976) argues that social justice
is not only incompatible with market societies but that the concept itself is inapplicable to any …

Are liberties to own productive property and engage in voluntary exchange basic in
Rawlsian terms? This is a key controversy between classical liberals, such as Gerald Gaus …

Hayek's anti-rationalism is founded upon a revival of Scottish Enlightenment skepticism
combined with a compelling account of psychology that rejects a correspondence between …

Markets and morality: complements or substitutes? Maria Pia Paganelli Virgil Storr and Ginny
Choi ask if markets corrupt our mor Page 1 1 Markets and morality: complements or …

Much has been written about Adam Smith's economics, but one unanswered question is
whether his method of inquiry is a modelling approach. It is therefore interesting to …

This symposium represents the second collection of papers drawn from the joint meeting of
the International Adam Smith Society and the Rousseau Association held at the University of …