The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments is a 1759 book by Adam Smith. It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological, and methodological underpinnings to Smith's later works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776), Essays on Philosophical Subjects (1795), and Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms (1763) (first published in 1896)

The Theory of Moral Sentiments. 13 We sympathize even with the dead, and overlooking what is of real importance in their situation, that awful futurity which awaits them, we are chiey aected by those circumstances which strike our senses, but can have no inuence upon their happiness.

The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The Wealth of Nations. Partnered Conferences. That requires self-command, and in this lies true virtue. The argument of the book. Morality, says Smith, is not something we have to calculate. It is natural, built into us as social beings. Smith ends The Theory Of Moral Sentiments by defining the character of a truly virtuous person. Prudence moderates the individual’s excesses and as such is important for society.

byAdam Smith, Friedrich A. Hayek, David Hume. The foundation for a general system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark in the history of moral and political thought. Readers familiar with Adam Smith from The Wealth of Nations will find this earlier book a revelation The Theory of Moral Sentiments book.

a) Adam Smith’s lectures on ethics The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith’s first book, was published in 1759 during his tenure of the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Smith left Glasgow at the beginning of 1764. The original work arose from Smith’s lectures to students.

To gain a complete picture of Adam Smith and his ideas, every reader of "The Wealth of Nations" should also become familiar with his classic treatment of ethics. Скачать (pdf, . 0 Mb) Читать. Epub FB2 mobi txt RTF. Конвертация файла может нарушить форматирование оригинала. По-возможности скачивайте файл в оригинальном формате.

Adam Smith considered his first major book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, his most important work. Indeed, the tome was a wild success upon its publication, selling out immediately. It has not lost popularity since. In this legendary work, Smith discusses the nature of morality, and the motives behind and origins of these sentiments. Originally published in 1759, this work provides the philosophical underpinnings for his later works, as well as elucidating the psychological and moral foundations of the workings of a complex society

This may be a part of the story, Smith says, but isn’t all of it. Now let him take over:] When we have read a book or poem so often that we can no longer enjoy reading it by ourselves, we can still take pleasure in reading it to a companion. To him it has all the graces of novelty; we enter into the surprise and admiration that it naturally arouses in him but can no longer arouse in us; we consider the ideas that it presents in the light in which they appear to him rather than in the light in which they appear to ourselves, and we enjoy by sympathy his enjoyment

Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) lays the foundation for a general system of morals, and is a text of central importance in the history of moral and political thought. It presents a theory of the imagination which Smith derived from David Hume but which encompasses an idea of sympathy that in some ways is more sophisticated than anything in Hume's philosophy. By means of sympathy and the mental construct of an impartial spectator, Smith formulated highly original theories of conscience, moral judgment and the virtues