Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… 9 Sociability and politeness, in this sense, were outcomes of an evolutionary moral history driven by selfishness and pride. Smith, for his part, did not deny that human nature was a compound of both selfish and sociable principles, but …
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