Adam Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiments"
Reading List
Session I: Sympathy and Propriety.
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976, 1984. I.i–ii. Page(s): 9-43. (Book)
Session II: Final Causes, Moral Luck, and Providence.
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976, 1984. II.ii–iii and III.4–6. Page(s): 78-108 and 156-178. (Book)
Session III: Conscience and Praiseworthiness.
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976, 1984. III.1–3. Page(s): 109-156. (Book)
Session IV: Virtue and Commercial Society.
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976, 1984. I.iii and IV–V. Page(s): 43-66 and 179-211. (Book)
Session V: Character and Moral Education.
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976, 1984. VI. Page(s): 212-264. (Book)
Session VI: Theorizing Moral Sentiments.
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976, 1984. VII.i–iii. Page(s): 265-327. (Book)