The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Introduction by - Amartya Sen
Notes by - Ryan Patrick Hanley
Editor - Ryan Patrick Hanley
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 06 May 2010
£10.99
Synopsis
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 judgement and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.
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"One of the truly outstanding books in the intellectual history of the world...A global manifesto of profound significance to the interdependent world in which we live. It is indeed a book of amazing reach and contemporary relevance."
-Amartya Sen, from the Introduction
