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

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Chapter Chapter 16 in Adam Smith’s Theory of Society, 2025, pp 121-123 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is to be observed…that, how beneficial soever on the one hand, or how hurtful soever on the other, the actions or intentionsIntention of the person who acts may have been to the person who is…acted upon.

Date: 2025
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