The Theory of Moral Sentiments is a 1759 book by Adam Smith. It provided the ethical, philosophical, economic, and methodological underpinnings to Smith's...
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Adam Smith (redirect from Religious views of Adam Smith)
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter, often abbreviated as The...
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Moral sense theory (also known as moral sentimentalism) is a theory in moral epistemology and meta-ethics concerning the discovery of moral truths. Moral...
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Invisible hand (redirect from The invisible hand of the market)
act in the public interest. Smith originally mentioned the term only in specific examples. It is used once in his Theory of Moral Sentiments when discussing...
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Liberty Fund (redirect from The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics)
and important works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776). (www.adamsmithworks.org) The Library of Economics and Liberty...
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Ethical intuitionism (redirect from Moral intuitionism)
forms of moral sense theory. It is usually furthermore taken as essential to ethical intuitionism that there be self-evident or a priori moral knowledge;...
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Metaethics (redirect from Moral epistemology)
metaphysical account of morality is necessary for the proper evaluation of actual moral theories and for making practical moral decisions; others reason...
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EconTalk (section The future)
number of podcast episodes are dedicated in their entirety to Smith's lesser-known book first published in 1759, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. After...
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book derives from a passage in Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), though the exact phrase does not occur in Smith's book. In this book...
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Moral development focuses on the emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy through adulthood. The theory states that morality develops...
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