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

About this Item

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.
Rights/Permissions: This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Eighteenth Century Collections Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading ECCO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eccotcp-info.edu for further information or permissions.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/K111361.0001.001
Cite this Item: "The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ..." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collection Online Demo. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eccodemo/K111361.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025.

SECT. I. Of the questions which ought to be examined in a theory of moral sentiments 413
SECT. II. Of the different accounts which have been given of the nature of virtue 416

...
- CHAP. I. Of those systems which make virtue consist in propriety p. 418
- CHAP. II. Of those systems which make virtue consist in prudence 441
- CHAP. III. Of those systems which make virtue consist in benevolence 455
- CHAP. IV. Of licentious systems 470
SECT. III. Of the different systems which have been formed concerning the principle of appro|bation. 490
- CHAP. I. Of those systems which deduce the principle of approbation from self-love 492
- CHAP. II. Of those systems which make reason the prin|ciple of approbation. 498
- CHAP. III. Of those systems which make sentiment the principle of approbation 506
SECT. IV. Of the manner in which different authors have treated of the practical rules of mo|rality 521