The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...

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Title: The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...
Author: Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
Publication: London :: printed for A. Millar; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh,; 1759.
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SECT. I. Of the sense of merit and demerit 141
- CHAP. I. That whatever appears to be the proper object of gratitude, appears to deserve reward; and that, in the same manner, whatever

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- appears to be the proper object of resent|ment, appears to deserve punishment 143
- CHAP. II. Of the proper objects of gratitude and resent|ment 148
- CHAP. III. That where there is no approbation of the conduct of the person who confers the be|nefit, there is little sympathy with the gra|titude of him who receives it: and that, on the contrary, where there is no disapproba|tion of the motives of the person who does the mischief, there is no sort of sympathy with the resentment of him who suffers it p. 153
- CHAP. IV. Recapitulation of the foregoing chapter 157
- CHAP. V. The analysis of the sense of merit 160
SECT. II. Of justice and beneficence.
- CHAP. I. Comparison of those two virtues 170
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- CHAP. II. Of the sense of justice, of remorse, and of the consciousness of merit 180
- CHAP. III. Of the utility of this constitution of nature 188
SECT. III. Of the influence of fortune upon the senti|ment of mankind, with regard to the me|rit or demerit of actions 207
- CHAP. I. Of the causes of this influence of fortune 210
- CHAP. II. Of the extent of this influence of fortune 218
- CHAP. III. Of the final cause of this irregularity of senti|ments p. 237