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The theory of moral sentiments
Smith, Adam, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Cedar Lake Classics, [2023]
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | eBook |
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| Author: | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790, |
| Subject: |
Ethics Language and languages Philosophy, Scottish |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | [Place of publication not identified] : Cedar Lake Classics, [2023] |
| ISBN: | 9781611047721 1611047722 1-61104-772-2 |
| Notes: | Intro -- Half-Title -- Full-Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part Part One - The Propriety Of Action -- Section 1 - The Sense Of Propriety -- Chapter 1 - Sympathy -- Chapter 2 - The Pleasure Of Mutual Sympathy -- Chapter 3 - The Manner In Which We Judge Of The Propriety Or Impropriety Of The Actions Of Other Men By Their Concord Or Dissonance With Our Own -- Chapter 4 - The Same Subject (Continued) -- Chapter 5 - The Amiable And Respectable Virtues -- Section 2 - The Degrees Of Different Passions Which Are Like Propriety -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Passions Which Take Their Origin From The Body -- Chapter 2 - Those Passions Which Take Their Origin From A Particular Turn Or Habit Of The Imagination -- Chapter 3 - The Unsocial Passions -- Chapter 4 - The Social Passions -- Chapter 5 - The Selfish Passions -- Section 3 - The Effects Of Prosperity And Adversity Upon Mankind'S Judgment -- Chapter 1 - Though Our Sympathy With Sorrow Is A Livelier Sensation Than Our Sympathy With Joy, It Commonly Falls Shorter Of The Violence Of What Is Naturally Felt By The Person Principally Concerned -- Chapter 2 - The Origin Of Ambition, And Of The Distinction Of Ranks -- Chapter 3 - The Corruption Of Our Moral Sentiments, Which Is Occasioned By This Disposition To Admire The Rich And The Great, And To Despise Or Neglect Persons Of Poor And Mean Condition -- Part Part Two - Merit And Demerit -- Section 1 - The Sense Of Merit And Demerit -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Whatever Appears To Be The Proper Object Of Gratitude, Appears To Deserve Reward -- And That, In The Same Manner, Whatever Appears To Be The Proper Object Of Resentment, Appears To Deserve Punishment -- Chapter 2 - The Proper Objects Of Gratitude And Resentment -- Chapter 3 - Where There Is No Approbation Of The Conduct -- Chapter 4 - Recapitulation Of The Foregoing Chapters. Chapter 5 - The Analysis Of The Sense Of Merit And Demerit -- Section 2 - Justice And Beneficence -- Chapter 1 - Comparison Of Those Two Virtues -- Chapter 2 - The Sense Of Justice, Of Remorse, And Of The Consciousness Of Merit -- Chapter 3 - The Utility Of This Constitution Of Nature -- Section 3 - The Influence Of Fortune Upon The Sentiments Of Mankind -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Causes Of This Influence Of Fortune -- Chapter 2 - The Extent Of This Influence Of Fortune -- Chapter 3 - The Final Cause Of This Irregularity Of Sentiments -- Part Part Three - Judgments Concerning Sentiments And Conduct -- Section 1 - The Principles Of Self-Approbation And Self-Disapprobation -- Chapter 1 - Judgments Concerning Sentiments And Conduct -- Chapter 2 - The Love Of Praise, And That Of Praise-Worthiness, And Of The Dread Of Blame, And Of That Blameworthiness -- Chapter 3 - The Influence And Authority Of Conscience -- Chapter 4 - The Nature Of Self-Deceit, And The Origin And Use Of General Rules -- Chapter 5 - The Influence And Authority Of The General Rules Of Morality, And That They Are Justly Regarded As The Laws Of The Deity -- Chapter 6 - In What Cases The Sense Of Duty Ought To Be The Sole Principle Of Our Conduct -- And In What Cases It Ought To Concur With Other Motives -- Part Part Four - Utility'S Affect Upon The Sentiment Of Approbation -- Section 1 - Utility Bestows Beauty Upon All Art -- Section 2 - Utility Bestows Beauty Upon The Characters And Actions Of Men -- Part Part Five - The Influence Of Customs Upon Beauty And Deformity -- Section 1 - The Influence Of Custom And Fashion Upon Our Ideas Of Beauty And Deformity -- Section 2 - The Influence Of Custom And Fashion Upon Moral Sentiments -- Part Part Six - The Character Of Virtue -- Section 1 - The Character Of An Individual As Far As It Affects His Happiness. Section 2 - The Character Of An Individual As It Affects The Happiness Of Others -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Order In Which Individuals Are Recommended By Nature To Our Care And Attention -- Chapter 2 - The Order In Which Societies Are By Nature Recommended To Our Beneficence -- Chapter 3 - Universal Benevolence -- Section 3 - Self-Command -- Part Seven - The Systems Of Moral Philosophy -- Section 1 - The Questions To Be Examined In A Theory Of Moral Sentiments -- Section 2 - The Different Accounts On The Nature Of Virtue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Those Systems Which Make Virtue Consist In Propriety -- Chapter 2 - Those Systems Which Make Virtue Consist In Prudence -- Chapter 3 - Those Systems Which Make Virtue Consist In Benevolence -- Chapter 4 - Licentious Systems -- Section 3 - The Different Systems Concerning The Principle Of Approbation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Those Systems Which Deduce The Principle Of Approbation From Self-Love -- Chapter 2 - Those Systems Which Make Reason The Principle Of Approbation -- Chapter 3 - Those Systems Which Make Sentiment The Principle Of Approbation -- Section 4 - How Authors Have Treated The Practical Rules Of Morality -- Appendix: Author Biography. 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| Course: |
ACCT450 |