Revisiting Adam Smith
Salon Discussion | Brent Waters | April 16, 2024
On April 16th at the Columbia Club in Downtown Indianapolis, we held a salon discussion led by Brent Waters focused on revisiting Adam Smith. This featured conversations on topics including morality, economics, politics, and many more. The event also included a rare book exhibit featuring a couple of our historical Adam Smith works, among other works related to the discussion. Thanks again to Brent Waters and every one joined us for this 90-minute socratic discussion!
Brent Water is the Emeritus Jerre and Mary Joy Professor of Christian Social Ethics, and Emeritus Director of the Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead Center for Ethics and Values at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. He came to Garrett in 2001 and retired in 2022. Waters is also the author of “Common Callings and Ordinary Virtues: Christian Ethics for Everyday Life,” “Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Globalization,” and many other profound works.
Classical Works Exhibition Included:
- Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, 1776
- Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith, 1759
- Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume, 1748
- Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, 1888
- Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei by Karl Marx, 1848
- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents by Edmund Burke, 1770