Moral Sentiments: Sympathy, Duty, and Virtue in Adam Smith and Jane Austen
Theory of Moral Sentiments paired with Persuasion
READING LIST
Session I: Sympathy, Imagination, and Virtue
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Indianapolis: Liberty Classics; Liberty Fund (Glasgow Edition), 1982. Part I, "Of the Propriety of Actions". Page(s): 9-66.
Session II: Judgment and Duty
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Indianapolis: Liberty Classics; Liberty Fund (Glasgow Edition), 1982. Part III, "Of the Foundation of our Judgements Concerning our own Sentiments and Conduct, and the Sense of Duty". Page(s): 109-178.
Session III: Self-Command and the Betterment of One's Condition
· Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Edited by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie. Indianapolis: Liberty Classics; Liberty Fund (Glasgow Edition), 1982. Part IV, "Of the Effects of Utility Upon the Sentiment of Approbation" and Part VI, Section iii, "Of Self-Command". Page(s): 179-193 and 237-262.
Session IV: The Impartial Spectator, Moral Education, and Persuasion
· Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Oxford and New York: Oxford World's Classics, 2004. Volume I, Chapters 1-12. Page(s): 1-98.
Session V: Sympathy, Duty, and Persuasion
· Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Oxford and New York: Oxford World's Classics, 2004. Volume II, Chapters 1-5. Page(s): 99-131.
Session VI: The Moral Sentiments of Persuasion
· Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Oxford and New York: Oxford World's Classics, 2004. Volume II, Chapters 6-12. Page(s): 131-203.