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Dewey on Adam Smith (and Bentham)
Trevor Pearce alerted me to Dewey’s relatively brief discussion of Adam Smith in his early lectures on ethics.
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On Rawls' use of different sources of TMS, and some digressive stuff on an episode in American philosophy
One of the minor oddities of Rawls’ engagement with Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (hereafter TMS) in The Theory of Justice is that he…
Jan 15
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A neat footnote in Rawls on Adam Smith
As regular readers know, I have a tendency to read Rawls’ reception of Adam Smith through his engagement with Elie Halévy, The growth of philosophic…
Jan 14
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Amy's Folly: Rope-a-Dope
I have not lately added here more chapters to my Shadow Book. I think the “book” itself is finished, not because I found my way and at long last managed…
Jan 13
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On Our Post-Constitutional Moment, PT 6; on Kendall and the reception of Jaffa's Crisis
One of the very nice features of Laura K. Field’s (2025) Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right (Princeton) is the documentation of the very…
Jan 12
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On Spinoza's Division of Labor and the State of Nature
Today’s post was prompted by the reading of a draft paper by and subsequent discussion with Jack Stetter (LSU).
Jan 9
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On the Man of System in Twentieth Century Political Thought
The man of system, on the contrary, is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan…
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On Darwinism before Darwin: Hayek on Mandeville and Machiavelli (with some Rawls, Halévy and Spinoza thrown in).
A few days ago (here), I made a wholly unnecessary, somewhat catty remark of Hayek’s (1966) ‘Master Mind’ lecture, “Dr.
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