Liberal Studies


New Essays on Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy

edited by Wade L. Robison, David B. Suits
Price: $24.99

Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Scottish philosopher who, with his good friend David Hume, can be ranked as the most famous of the 18th century “Scottish Enlightenment” philosophers. He is most well-known for his 1776 book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, perhaps the first modern work of economics; it was an instant success.

Book details

Publisher: RIT Press (August, 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1-933360-63-8
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 254
Size: 6 x 9 in.

Table of contents

Smith on Taste and Criticism: Texts and Contexts
Peter Jones

Theory of Moral Sentiments 1759 vs. Theory of Moral Sentiments 1790: A Change of Mind or a Change in Constraint
Maria Pia Paganelli

The “Adam Smith Problem” and Adam Smith’s Utopia
Doğan Göçmen

Modern Natural Law Meets the Market: The Case of Adam Smith
Amit Ron

Revisiting Sentimentalism: A Smithian Normative Moral Theory
 Monica Gerreck

The Theory of Moral Sentiments and Smith’s Account of Sympathy
Tony Pitson

“The most cruel misfortune”: Suffering Innocence in The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Vincent Bissonette

Taming Resentment
Michael S. Pritchard

Skepticism and Imagination: Smith’s Response to Hume’s Dialogues
Ryan Patrick Hanley

Hume’s Death and Smith’s Philosophy 
Chad Flanders

“A Delicate and an Accurate Pencil”: Adam Smith, Description, and Philosophy as Moral Pedagogy
Colin Heydt


Fifty poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti / Fifty images by Armando Milani

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Armando Milani
Price: $35.00

Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been a poet, novelist, translator, publisher, painter, playwright and writer of radio dramas. Designer Armando Milani thinks that the designer can use metaphors, connections, surrealism or subtle irony, refusing the banal and vulgarity, trying to intrigue, excite and inform the viewer. These artists have dealt with similar themes, and this edition of design and poetry highlights their efforts of trying to make the world a better one.

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Publisher: G.A.M. Azienda Grafica (September, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-88-89044-65-0
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 142
Illustrations: 50
Size: 9.5 x 13.5 in.
Shipping Weight: 2

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Colleagues

by John Retallack, Anne C. Coon
Price: $29.95

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Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (September, 2011)
ISBN-13: 9781933360522
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 112
Illustrations: 89 black-and-white
Size: 8 x 10 in.
Shipping Weight: 0.5

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Visual Communication: Perception, Rhetoric, and Technology

edited by Diane S. Hope
Price: $35.00

Visual Communication: Perception, Rhetoric and Technology, Diane Hope sets a standard for theoretical exploration far too few scholars attempt.

Book details

Publisher: Hampton Press in collaboration with RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (January, 2006)
ISBN-10: 1-57273-669-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-57273-669-6
Binding: softcover
Pages: 309
Illustrations: 66 illustrations and tables
Size: 6 x 9 in.
Shipping Weight: 1
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