Feelings, virtues and industry in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments: Their Relation to his Economic Thought

Abstract

The author deals with sympathetic and selfish feelings and two instances of the judgement: 1/ of the propriety or impropriety of the emotions of others by the correspondence to one's own, 2/ by the impartial spectator in accordance with virtues.

Keywords

• Feelings
• virtues
• industry
• Smith&apos
• s
• Theory
• Moral
• Sentiments
• Their
• Relation
• Economic
• Thought