The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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The Theory of
Moral Sentiments

ADAM SMITH

EDITED BY
KNUD HAAKONSSEN
Boston University

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Contributors: Adam Smith - author, Knud Haakonssen - editor. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Place of Publication: Cambridge, England. Publication Year: 2002. Page Number: *.

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Title Page

Contents

Introduction

Chronology

Further Reading

Note on the Text

Abbreviations

Contents

Part I: Consisting of Three Sections

Section I: Of the Sense of Propriety

Chapter I: Of Sympathy

Chapter II: Of the Pleasure of Mutual Sympathy

Chapter III: Of the Manner in Which We Judge of the Propriety or Impropriety of the Affections of Other Men, by Their Concord or Dissonance with Our Own

Chapter IV: The Same Subject Continued

Chapter V: Of the Amiable and Respectable Virtues

Section II: Of the Degrees of the Different Passions Which Are Consistent with Propriety

Introduction

Chapter I: Of the Passions Which Take Their Origin from the Body

Chapter II: Of Those Passions Which Take Their Origin from a Particular Turn or Habit of the Imagination

Chapter III: Of the Unsocial Passions

Chapter IV: Of the Social Passions

Chapter V: Of the Selfish Passions

Section III: Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adversity 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

Chapter 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 Naturally Felt by the Person Principally Concerned

Chapter II: Of the Origin of Ambition, and of the Distinction of Ranks

Chapter III: Of the Corruption of Our Moral Sentiments, Which is Occasioned by This Disposition to Admire the Rich and the Great, and to Despise or Neglect Persons of Poor and Mean Condition

Part II: Consisting of Three Sections

Section I: Of the Sense of Merit and Demerit

Introduction

Chapter 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 Object of Resentment, Appears to Deserve Punishment

Chapter II: Of the Proper Objects of Gratitude and Resentment

Chapter 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 Person Who Does the Mischief, There is No Sort of Sympathy with the Resentment of Him Who Suffers It

Chapter IV: Recapitulation of the Foregoing Chapters

Chapter V: The Analysis of the Sense of Merit and Demerit

Section II: Of Justice and Beneficence

Chapter I: Comparison of Those Two Virtues

Chapter II: Of the Sense of Justice, of Remorse, and of the Consciousness of Merit

Chapter III: Of the Utility of This Constitution of Nature

Section III: Of the Influence of Fortune Upon the Sentiments of Mankind, with Regard to the Merit or Demerit of Actions

Introduction

Chapter I: Of the Causes of This Influence of Fortune

Chapter II: Of the Extent of This Influence of Fortune

Chapter III: Of the Final Cause of This Irregularity of Sentiments

Part III: Of the Foundation of Our Judgments Concerning Our Own Sentiments and Conduct, and of the Sense of Duty

Chapter I: Of the Principle of Self-Approbation and of Self-Disapprobation

Chapter II: Of the Love of Praise, and of That of Praise-Worthiness; and of the Dread of Blame, and of That of Blame-Worthiness

Chapter III: Of the Influence and Authority of Conscience

Chapter IV: Of the Nature of Self-Deceit, and of the Origin and Use of General Rules

Chapter V: Of the Influence and Authority of the General Rules of Morality, and That They Are Justly Regarded as the Laws of the Deity

Chapter VI: 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

Part IV: Consisting of One Section

Chapter I: Of the Beauty Which the Appearance of Utility Bestows Upon All the Productions of Art, and of the Extensive Influence of This Species of Beauty

Chapter II: Of the Beauty Which the Appearance of Utility Bestows Upon the Characters and Actions of Men; and How Far the Perception of This Beauty May Be Regarded as One of the Original Principles of Approbation

Part V: Consisting of One Section

Chapter I: Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion Upon Our Notions of Beauty and Deformity

Chapter II: Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion Upon Moral Sentiments

Part VI: Consisting of Three Sections

Introduction

Section I: Of the Character of the Individual, So Far as It Affects His Own Happiness; or of Prudence

Section II: Of the Character of the Individual, So Far as It Can Affect the Happiness of Other People

Introduction

Chapter I: Of the Order in Which Individuals Are Recommended by Nature to Our Care and Attention

Chapter II: Of the Order in Which Societies Are by Nature Recommended to Our Beneficence

Chapter III: Of Universal Benevolence

Section III: Of Self-Command

Part VII: Consisting of Four Sections

Section I: Of the Questions Which Ought to Be Examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments

Section II: Of the Different Accounts Which Have Been Given of the Nature of Virtue

Introduction

Chapter I: Of Those Systems Which Make Virtue Consist in Propriety

Chapter II: Of Those Systems Which Make Virtue Consist in Prudence

Chapter III: Of Those Systems Which Make Virtue Consist in Benevolence

Chapter IV: Of Licentious Systems

Section III: Of the Different Systems Which Have Been Formed Concerning the Principle of Approbation

Introduction

Chapter I: Of Those Systems Which Deduce the Principle of Approbation from Self-Love

Chapter II: Of Those Systems Which Make Reason the Principle of Approbation

Chapter III: Of Those Systems Which Make Sentiment the Principle of Approbation

Section IV: Of the Manner in Which Different Authors Have Treated of the Practical Rules of Morality

Index

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