Video Links

TMS for Beginners

Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments — Getting started:
Sentiment, emotion, passion, moral sentiment, sympathy, virtue, propriety, conscience (man within the breast), impartial spectator.

Presented by Dan Klein

Ryan Hanley: Our Great Purpose

Political Science Professor Ryan Patrick Hanley explained why he believes economist Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments contains advice on how to live well.

Will the Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up?

A live EconTalk conversation hosted by Russ Roberts with Professors Vernon Smith and James Otteson

The Real Adam Smith: Ideas That Changed the World

Free to Choose Media, hosted by Johann Norberg

The Hidden Harmony of Everyday Life

A lecture by Dr. Russ Roberts

Adam Smith and the Horror of Frankenstein

A lecture by Dr. Caroline Breashears

Adam Smith Biography

Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations

produced by Liberty Fund

The True Story of How the Scots Invented the Modern World & Everything In It

Arthur Herman, author of "How the Scots Invented the Modern World," via C-SPAN, BookTV

The Scottish Enlightenment- mid 18th centruy

"By the middle of the 18th century, Scotland had established itself as a major centre of scientific and philosophical thought. Scots such as Adam Smith, David Hume and Joseph Black became known across the world as key contributors of the Scottish Enlightenment."

Via BBC Scotland

University of Glasgow Video Bio

Explore History, University of Glasgow

Moments in Time: The Scottish Enlightenment

produceed for EdSciFest for the 2017 Edinburgh International Science Festival

Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlighenment

a lecture by Amartya Sen at the University of Chicago

Giants of the Scottish Enlightenment: Adam Smith

Professor James Stacey Taylor for LearnLiberty

Giants of the Scottish Enlightenment: Frances Hutcheson

Professor James Stacey Taylor for LearnLiberty

Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment

a panel discussion featuring Bruce Caldwell, Lynne Parramore, Craig Smith, and Gianni Vaggi via New Economic Thinking

How Adam Smith Influenced the U.S Economy

Via Index Fund Advisors

To Be Moral

To Be Moral is the culmination of nearly two years of Ball State University student work on the topic of the Scottish Enlightenment. The context of the film is moral sentimentalist theories stemming from the innovative thought of the Scottish Enlightenment. The characters of this period are your typical players; Adam Smith, Francis Hutcheson, David Hume

Sensible Sentiments

A video based on Smith's TMS created by students at Ball State University.

Philosophy- David Hume

Science in the Scottish Enlightenment

The Open University

Adam Smith and the Follies of Central Planning: Who is the Man of System?