The Theory of Moral SentimentsCosimo, Inc., 2007 M01 1 - 368 páginas In The Theory of Moral Sentiments, renowned social thinker Adam Smith presents an intellectual treatise on the phenomenon-and meaning-of morality. Not just an explication of the external actions and internal conscience that influence our every decision, this is also a study of how ideas such as reward and punishment, luck, and sympathy influence an individual's self-image, behavior, and relationships. At once critical, practical, and sympathetic, this is not only a work for philosophers, but for anyone who has ever wondered what it means to be good. Scottish economist and philosopher ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) helped set standards in the fields of political economics and moral philosophy, playing a key role in the early development of the scholarship of economics. His other writings include Essays on Philosophical Subjects and the influential An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. |
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Of the social Passions | 34 |
OF THE EFFECTS OF PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY UPON | 39 |
Of the corruption of our moral sentiments which is occasioned by this disposition | 57 |
Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters | 70 |
Of the utility of this constitution of Nature | 85 |
Of the final cause of this Irregularity of Sentiments | 105 |
OF THE EFFECT OF UTILITY UPON THE SENTIMENT | 181 |
Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon the Sentiments | 197 |
Of the Character of Virtue Consisting of Three Sections | 217 |
Of the order in which Societies are by nature | 234 |
OF SELFCOMMAND | 244 |
Of Systems of Moral Philosophy | 275 |
Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence | 304 |
Oflicentious Systems | 323 |
Of the Influences and Authority of Conscience | 133 |
Of the Nature of Selfdeceit | 156 |
In what cases the Sense of Duty ought to be the sole of our conduct and in what cases | 172 |
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH DIFFERENT AUTHORS HAVE | 340 |
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