...Macfie's edition (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1976).] Of Sympathy (Iil) How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of * To prevent all ambiguity, I must observe, that where I oppose the imagination to the memory, I mean...

...character. "How selfish soever man may be supposed," Smith writes in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, "there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it,...

...mood. Motivation and Emotion, 13,105-124. Matthews, KA, Batson, CD, Horn, J., & Rosenman, RH (1981). Principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others: The heritability of empathic concern for others. Journal of Personality, 49, 237-247. Mehrabian, A.,...

...sexual response. Little, Brown, and Co., Boston. Matthews, KA, CD Batson, J. Horn, and RH Roseman. 1981. Principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others The heritability of empathic concern for others. Journal of Personality 49: 237-247. May, F. 1986....

...Adam Smith wrote, in his Theory of the Moral Sentiments, "How selfish so ever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others." Without compassion (sympathy), there would be...

...said in the first paragraph of The Theory of Moral Sentiments: How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive...

...encourages us to give even when we don't stand to benefit. "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." But we can't donate to charities or underprivileged countries if we are poor; we can do this because...

...studied human feelings and acts of benevolence. In it, he wrote: How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without...

...sympathy for others and within the moral system of society: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it" (Smith l759, 47). Adam Smith based his view of human nature on the human capacity for sympathy for...

...set in the first sentence of The Theory of Moral Sentiments: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." Smith wants to oppose the view that we empathize with others only when we think it to our advantage...