Adam Smith’s “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”
ABSTRACT
This conference, made possible through the support of a grant by the John Templeton Foundation, combined four discussion sessions on Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments with two sessions relating to the content of Liberty Fund's AdamSmithWorks.org website.
READING LIST
From Liberty Fund
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by
By Adam Smith
Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith’s first and in his own mind most important work, outlines his view of proper conduct and the institutions and sentiments that make men virtuous. Here he develops his doctrine of the impartial spectator, whose hypothetical disinterested judgment we must use to distinguish right from…