Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The foundation for a system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark of moral and political thought. Its highly original theories of conscience, moral judgment, and virtue offer a reconstruction of the Enlightenment concept of social science, embracing both political economy and theories of law and government.

Produktdetails

• Dover Philosophical Classics
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 132mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9780486452913
• ISBN-10: 0486452913
• Artikelnr.: 21277169

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: of the propriety of action, consisting of three sections SECTION I:
Of the sense of propriety SECTION II: Of the degrees of the different
passions which are consistent with propriety SECTION III: Of the effects of
prosperity and adversity upon the judgment of mankind with regard to the
propriety of action; and why it is more easy to obtain their approbation in
the one state than in the other PART II: of merit and demerit; or, of the
objects of reward and punishment; consisting of three sections SECTION I:
Of the sense of merit and demerit SECTION II: Of justice and beneficence
SECTION III: Of the influence of fortune upon the sentiments of mankind,
with regard to the merit or demerit of actions 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 consisting of one section PART V: of the influence of custom
and fashion upon the sentiments of moral approbation and disapprobation
consisting of one section PART VI: of the character of virtue consisting of
three sections SECTION I: Of the character of the individual, so far as it
affects his own happiness; or of prudence SECTION II: Of the character of
the individual, so far as it can affect the happiness of other people
SECTION III: Of self-command PART VII: of systems of moral philosophy:
consisting of four sections SECTION I: Of the questions which ought to be
examined in a theory of moral sentiments SECTION II: Of the different
accounts which have been given of the nature of virtue SECTION III: Of the
different systems which have been formed concerning the principle of
approbation SECTION IV: Of the manner in which different authors have
treated of the practical rules of morality Endnotes