...these general rules of morality is felt as "a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the...of mankind are capable of directing their actions." 19 It is through this often unarticulated sense of duty that men acquire the reliable and stable characters...

...or to be avoided" (p. 1 59). These general rules of conduct are of great importance. They represent the only principle "by which the bulk of mankind are capable of directing their actions" (p. 162). The picture which emerges from Adam Smith's discussion in The Theory of M oral Sentiments...

...concerning what is fit and proper to be done in our particular situation'.5 Indeed, these rules are 'the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of 1 TMS, 3, 1, p. 190. • Ibid., p. 193. ' TMS, 3, 8, p. 231. « TMS, 3, 4. p. 266. • Ibid., p. 273....

...maxims of conduct is " what is properly called a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of directing their actions."1 " Upon the tolerable observance of these duties depends the very existence of human society,"...

...follows: The regard to those general rules of conduct is what is properly called a sense of duty, ... the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of directing their actions. (TMS: 161-2) This implies that first-order virtue is not useful among the bulk of mankind in reality....

...rules of conduct, is what is generally called a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the...of mankind are capable of directing their actions . . . Upon the tolerable observance of these duties depends the very existence of human society, which...

...justice: "The regard to those general rules of conduct is what is properly called a sense of duty, . . . the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of directing their actions." This implies that first-order virtue is not, in reality, reliable among the majority of mankind. In...

...rules of conduct, is what is generally called a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the...of mankind are capable of directing their actions ... Upon the tolerable observance of these duties depends the very existence of human society, which...

...concerning what is fit and proper to be done in our particular situation'.8 Indeed, these rules are 'the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of 1 TMS. 3. i, p. 190. • Ibid., p. 193. • TMS, 3, 8, p. 231. • TMS. 3. 4. p. 266. • Ibid., p....

...rules of conduct, is what is properly called a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the...of mankind are capable of directing their actions .... Without this sacred regard to general rules, there is no man whose conduct can be much depended...