so weak and imperfect a creature as man

Gavin Kennedy

Chapter 3 in Adam Smith, 2008, pp 47-61 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract How do human societies hold together? What are the minimum conditions for their continuance? Moral Sentiments addresses these questions. Although Smith does much more, our focus necessarily must be narrower than that of a comprehensive account of his entire corpus. I discuss in plain language selected ideas from Smith’s moral philosophy without showing the development of his ideas in the context of past and contemporary philosophers, thereby unavoidably missing out a great deal of the contents of Moral Sentiments.

Keywords: Political Economy; Moral Philosopher; Moral Sentiment; Impartial Spectator; Religious Precept (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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