Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1749 work features highly original theories of conscience, moral judgment, and virtue. It reconstructs the Enlightenment concept of social science, embracing both political economy and theories of law and government.

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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