The Theory of Moral Sentiments - Paperback
by Adam Smith
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Availability:In StockContributor:Adam Smith, Amartya Sen (Introduction by), Ryan Patrick Hanley (Notes by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-01-26Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143105923ISBN-10:143105922UPC:9780143105923Book Category:Philosophy, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Economics, Good & EvilBook Topic:TheorySize:7.74 x 5.00 x 0.99 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC9Q9JVBR7
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smith's classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgment, and virtue that have taken on renewed...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143105923ISBN-10:143105922UPC:9780143105923Book Category:Philosophy, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Economics, Good & EvilBook Topic:TheorySize:7.74 x 5.00 x 0.99 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC9Q9JVBR7
Adam Smith was born in Scotland, in 1723, and received his early education at the local burgh school. He subsequently attended Glasgow University (1737-1740), and Balliol College, Oxford (1740-1746). Two years after his return to Scotland, Smith moved to Edinburgh, where he delivered lectures on Rhetoric. In 1751 Smith was appointed Professor of Logic at Glasgow, but was translated to chair of...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Adam Smith, Amartya Sen (Introduction by), Ryan Patrick Hanley (Notes by)
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