The Theory of Moral Sentiments / Or, an Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by Which Men Naturally Judge Concerning the Conduct and Character, First of Their Neighbours, and Afterwards of Them

by Adam Smith

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Contents

1. Section I. Of the Sense of Propriety
2. Introduction
3. Chap. I. Of the passions which take their origin from the body
4. Chap. II. Of those passions which take their origin from a particular turn or habit of the imagination
5. Chap. III. Of the unsocial passions
6. Chap. IV. Of the social passions
7. Chap. V. Of the selfish passions
8. Section III. Of the effects of prosperity and adversity upon the judgment of mankind with regard to the propriety of action; and why it is more easy to obtain their approbation in the one state than i
9. Introduction
10. Chap. I. That whatever appears to be the proper object of gratitude, appears to deserve reward; and that, in the same manner, whatever appears to be the proper object of resentment, appears to deserve
11. Chap. II. Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentment
12. Chap. III. That where there is no approbation of the conduct of the person who confers the benefit, there is little sympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it: and that, on the contrary, where
13. Chap. IV. Recapitulation of the foregoing Chapters
14. Chap. V. The analysis of the sense of merit and demerit
15. Section II. Of justice and beneficence
16. Introduction
17. Chap. I. Of the causes of this influence of fortune
18. Chap. II. Of the extent of this influence of fortune
19. Chap. III. Of the final cause of this irregularity of sentiments
20. Chap. I. Of the consciousness of merited praise or blame
21. Chap. II. In what manner our own judgments refer to what ought to be the judgments of others: and of the origin of general rules
22. Chap. III. Of the influence and authority of the general rules of morality, and that they are justly regarded as the laws of the Deity
23. Chap. IV. In what cases the sense of duty ought to be the sole principle of our conduct; and in what cases it ought to concur with other motives
24. Chap. I. Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon all the productions of art, and of the extensive influence of this species of beauty
25. Chap. II. Of the beauty which the appearance of utility bestows upon the characters and actions of men; and how far the perception of this beauty may be regarded as one of the original principles of a
26. Chap. I. Of the influence of custom and fashion upon our notions of beauty and deformity
27. Chap. II. Of the influence of custom and fashion upon moral sentiments
28. Section I. Of the questions which ought to be examined in a theory of moral sentiments
29. Introduction
30. Chap. I. Of those systems which make virtue consist in propriety
31. Chap. II. Of those systems which make virtue consist in prudence
32. Chap. III. Of those systems which make virtue consist in benevolence
33. Chap. IV. Of licentious systems
34. Introduction
35. Chap. I. Of those systems which deduce the principle of approbation from self-love
36. Chap. II. Of those systems which make reason the principle of approbation
37. Chap. III. Of those systems which make sentiment the principle of approbation
38. Section IV. Of the manner in which different authors have treated of the practical rules of morality
39. Considerations Concerning the First Formation of Languages, and the Different Genius of original and compounded Languages

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