The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...
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- The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...
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- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
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- London :: printed for A. Millar; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh,
- 1759.
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Contents
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CONTENTS.
- PART I. OF the Propriety of Action.
- PART II. Of merit and demerit; or of the objects of reward and punishment.
- 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 sen|timent of approbation.
- PART V. Of the influence of custom and fashion upon the sentiments of moral approbation and disapproba|tion.
- PART VI. Of Systems of Moral Philosophy.
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PART I. Of the PROPRIETY of ACTION.
- SECTION I. Of SYMPATHY.
- SECT. II. Of the sentiment by which we ap|prove or disapprove of the pas|sions and affections of other men, as suitable or unsuitable to their objects.
- SECTION III. Of the degrees of the different passions which are consistent with propriety.
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SECTION IV. Of the effects of prosperity and adver|sity 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.
- CHAP. I. That though our sympathy with sorrow is generally a more lively sensation than our sympathy with joy, it commonly falls much more short of the violence of what is felt by the person prin|cipally concerned.
- CHAP. II. Of the origin of ambition, and of the distinction of ranks.
- CHAP. III. Of the stoical philosophy.
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PART II. Of MERIT and DEMERIT; or, of the Objects of REWARD and PU|NISHMENT.
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SECTION I. Of the sense of merit and demerit.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAP. I. That whatever appears to be the proper object of gratitude, appears to deserve reward; and that, in the same manner, whatever appears to be the proper ob|ject of resentment, appears to deserve punishment.
- CHAP. II. Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentment.
- CHAP. III. That where there is no approbation of the conduct of the person who confers the benefit, there is little sympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it: and that, on the contrary, where there is no disapprobation of the motives of the per|son who does the mischief, there is no sort of sympathy with the resentment of him who suffers it.
- CHAP. IV. Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters.
- CHAP. V. The analysis of the sense of merit and de|merit.
- SECTION II. Of justice and beneficence.
- SECT. III. Of the influence of fortune upon the sen|timents of mankind, with regard to the merit or demerit of actions.
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SECTION I. Of the sense of merit and demerit.
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PART III. Of the foundation of our judgments concerning our own sentiments and conduct, and of the sense of duty.
- SECT. I. Of the consciousness of merited praise or blame.
- SECT. II. In what manner our own judgments re|fer to what ought to be the judgments of others: And of the origin of general rules.
- SECT. III. Of the influence and authority of the ge|neral rules of morality, and that they are justly regarded as the laws of the Deity.
- CHAP. IV. In what cases the sense of duty ought to be the sole principle of our conduct; and in what cases it ought to concur with other motives.
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PART IV. Of the EFFECT of UTILITY upon the sentiment of approbation.
- SECT. I. Of the beauty which the appearance of UTI|LITY bestows upon all the productions of art, and of the extensive influence of this species of beauty.
- SECT. II. Of the beauty which the appearance of uti|lity bestows upon the characters and acti|ons of men; and how far the perception of this beauty may be regarded as one of the original principles of approbation.
- PART V. Of the INFLUENCE of CUSTOM and FASHION upon the sentiments of moral approbation and disappro|bation.
- PART VI.
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PART VII. Of Systems of MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
- SECT. I. Of the questions which ought to be exami|ned in a theory of moral sentiments.
- SECT. 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 appro|bation.
- SECTION IV. Of the manner in which different authors have treated of the practical rules of morality.
- ERRATA.