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The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, vol.1)
by

Adam Smith,

D.D. Raphael (Editor),

Alexander Lyon Macfie (Editor)

AC's review

Apr 12, 2008

it was amazing

Along with On The Wealth of Nations, I re-read this every couple of years. It is Smith's predecessor and guide book to the ideas in On The Wealth of Nations. It is the moral underpinning that needs to be present for a capitalist nation not to become a nation of exploitative, money hungry, soulless power mongers using people as economic ends to gain superiority by an over-valuing of wealth. Alas, we did not take heed.

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