Benevolence, malevolence and economic theory

George Daly and J. Giertz

Public Choice, 1972, vol. 13, issue 1, 19 pages

Abstract: How selfish soever man be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.—Adam Smith inThe Theory of Moral Sentiments. Copyright Center for Study of Public Choice Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1972

Date: 1972
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