TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith, Adam 
AU  -  Raphael,, D. D.
AU  - Adam Smith
TI  - The theory of moral sentiments
T2  -  The Glasgow edition of the works and correspondence of Adam Smith
SN  - 9780865970120
U1  - 170 SMI 
PY  - 1982///, ©1976
CY  - , Indianapolis
PB  - : Liberty Classics
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Morale Ouvrages avant 1800
KW  - Smith, Adam
N1  - 
Formations of the theory of moral sentiments
Adam Smith's lectures on ethics
Influence of stoic philosophy
Influence of contemporary thinkers
Evolution
Development between editions
Relation of TMS to WN
Reception
Early comment and foreign translations
Select bibliography
The text
Account of editions 1-7
Editorial policy
The theory of moral sentiments
Appendix I
minor variants
Appendix II
the passage on Atonement, and a manuscript fragment on justice
N2  - ‘How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.’ 

So begins The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), the first major text by Adam Smith, who, seven years later, was to publish what was to become one of the major economic classics, The Wealth of Nations (1776). However, Smith regarded The Theory of Moral Sentiments as his most important work because in it he identified the profound human instinct to act not necessarily in self-interest but through, as he phrased it, a ‘mutual sympathy of sentiments’. 

The work is divided into seven parts, starting with Part 1: Of the Propriety of Action, in which Smith proposes the idea that ‘Sympathy’ can underlie human actions towards others, prompted by various emotions, be it perception of misfortune in others or simply ‘the pleasure of mutual sympathy’. Other parts include ‘Of the Effect of Utility upon the Sentiment of Approbation’, ‘Of the Character of Virtue’ and finally ‘Of Systems of Moral Philosophy’. 


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