The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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Release Date: 06/05/2010
Investigating the flip side of economic self-interest, this title advances ideas about conscience, moral judgement and virtue that have taken on the importance in business and politics.
Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smith's classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgement and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.