Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… market and the pursuit of economic self-interest. Much less appreciated, however, is his first work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments , which paints quite a different picture of human sociability. Instead of relating to each other solely out of … is often given credit for sits uneasily against the principles of Smith’s lesser-known first work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (hereafter TMS ). 2 Originally published in 1759, in TMS Smith develops his ideas not only about … held a very different meaning to Smith than the one we would ascribe to it today). 2 . Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments [ed. Duglad Stewart, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1759] (London: Penguin, 2009). To the historian, of course, it is …
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