The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Penguin Classics)
- Authors
- Smith, Adam
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Tags
- philosophy , classics , politics , psychology , history , business , sociology
- ISBN
- 9781101460016
- Date
- 1759-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.61 MB
- Lang
- en
The 250th-anniversary edition of the influential treatise on social responsibility that has shaped leaders from Bill Gates to Barack Obama
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 importance in business and politics.