Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
- Real Author: Adam Smith
- Editor: Knud Haakonssen, University Of Erfurt
- Date Published: January 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521598477
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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. The enduring legacy of his work is its reconstruction of the Enlightenment idea of a moral, or social, science encompassing both political economy and the theory of law and government. This 2002 volume offers a new edition of the text with clear and helpful notes for the student reader, together with a substantial introduction that sets the work in its philosophical and historical context.
Read more- A central and influential text in the history of moral and political thought
- Haakonssen a major name in this field
- Provides an excellent introduction and very helpful, student-friendly notes
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- Date Published: January 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521598477
- length: 446 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 164 x 27 mm
- weight: 0.71kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Of the Propriety of Action
Part II. Of Merit and Demerit
or of the Objects of Reward and Punishment
Part III. Of the Foundation of our Judgments Concerning our Own Sentiments and Conduct, and of the Sense of Duty
Part IV. Of the Effect of Utility upon the Sentiment of Approbation
Part V. Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon the Sentiments of Moral Approbation and Disapprobation
Part VI. Of the Character of Virtue
Part VII. Of Systems of Moral Philosophy.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Business Ethics
- Philosophy and Modern Society
- The Embodied Mind: Reason &The Passions in the Eighteenth Century
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