The Theory of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith
Publisher: Prometheus Books

Adam Smith considered his book The Theory of Moral Sentiments to be his best work. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, drawn from his course of lectures, was published in 1759. Dan Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness," challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned. His other works included The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and Lectures in Jurisprudence (1766). A year or so back Roy Hattersley was astonished to be told that Adam Smith had written a book called the Theory of Moral Sentiments. He became commissioner of customs in Edinburgh in 1778, and lord rector of the University of Glasgow in 1787. Adan Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments: essential companion to The Wealth of Nations. And Wollstonecraft, De Grouchy rejects the close link between birthing and nursing in her (1797) Letters on Sympathy, which De Grouchy attached to her translation of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments. I'm not going to lie, I tried to pawn off my copy of the “Theory of Moral Sentiments”. I have always reacted with some indifference to quotations from that book. He took it for granted that there is an ethical foundation for society, and it was against this background that he opened up his economic doctrine. But he relied very much upon morality. However, the bookstore wasn't accepting my edition, so I had it on hand after the bombings at the Boston Marathon. AS USUAL, FREE ENTERPRISE is under attack. The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Penguin Classics) online.