The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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Podcast: The Daily StoicAdam Smith, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, he wrote this philosophy book; he was taught by a professor who was a big fan of Stoics and it’s called The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt | People I (Mostly) Admire | Ep 90
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireYou're referring to the Adam Smith of The Wealth of Nations, but there's also the Adam Smith of The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: Is It Wrong to Enjoy Yourself While the World Is Burning? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 132
Podcast: No Stupid QuestionsWell, the Theory of Moral Sentiments...
- Episode: Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt | People I (Mostly) Admire | Ep 90
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireYou're referring to the Adam Smith of The Wealth of Nations, but there's also the Adam Smith of The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioI know The Wealth of Nations is the most famous book, but for me, as mentioned earlier, it's the Theory of Moral Sentiments that serves as the true guide.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioWhile he was able to make meaningful revisions to The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations during his time at Panmure, he was also, unfortunately, really busy with his day job.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioSome people have suggested that, and they've said that if you look at some of the changes made to the very final edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments after she had passed away, some of the passages might be interpreted as reducing the religious context.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioI'm sure he'd have risen with the sun and done some work on his revisions to The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations before he put on his dress coat and wandered up Edinburgh's beautiful Royal Mile.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioIt was in this 17th century building that Smith completed the final editions of his two masterworks: The Theory of Moral Sentiments and, of course, The Wealth of Nations.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioIt's in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, but it's understood in a richer context in The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioShe didn't read the first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, clearly, but she read the second one and did use that as an authority to promote her economic theories and activities and policies.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioYet, reading The Theory of Moral Sentiments made me realize that many other influences affect us.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThe Theory of Moral Sentiments, The Wealth of Nations; those were the books Adam Smith left behind.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioMaybe you have read some of Smith's first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, but probably not.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioAnd these are the questions that animate Smith's first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioIt doesn't say The Theory of Moral Sentiments, but The Theory of Moral Sentiments tells you so much more about Smith than what The Wealth of Nations does.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioI think my understanding of Smith has moved on; that would have been the book which people would have recognized, but for Smith, of course, there's no question about it, The Theory of Moral Sentiments is an extremely important book.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioYou see the humanity and understanding of people from The Theory of Moral Sentiments even more so than from The Wealth of Nations.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioComing up, we hear from one Smith scholar who agrees that The Theory of Moral Sentiments is the more interesting, richer, and in many ways, the more innovative of the two books.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioI think the real Adam Smith Problem is that most economists and politicians who refer to The Wealth of Nations for guidance have simply not read The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThroughout these recent episodes, we have likewise been reevaluating Adam Smith, hoping that it too will yield benefits.
- Episode: In Search of the Real Adam Smith | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 525
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThere were just the two books: The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, with multiple editions of each since he was an inveterate reviser.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThus, I want to know how the act of reading The Theory of Moral Sentiments affected you.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioAfter reading The Theory of Moral Sentiments and pondering its content, did your economist colleagues think you had softened?
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioIf you're going to read just one paragraph from this work, this might be the one: Man naturally desires not only to be loved but also to be lovely or to be the proper object of love; He naturally dreads not only to be hated but also to be hateful or to be the proper object of hatred; He desires not just praise but praiseworthiness or to be that which, though it should be praised by no one, is still the natural and proper object of praise; He fears not only being blamed but also blameworthiness or to be that which, though it should be blamed by nobody, is nonetheless still the natural and proper object of blame.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThere’s one passage from The Theory of Moral Sentiments that Roberts emphasizes heavily in his book.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioMy book attempts to reintroduce modern readers to Adam Smith's overlooked masterpiece, The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThe concepts of sympathy in The Theory of Moral Sentiments and self-interest in The Wealth of Nations are perfectly compatible.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioGlory Liu discusses this theory, which posits that Smith changed his mind or had a change of heart between writing The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759 and The Wealth of Nations in 1776.
- Episode: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 526
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioIf you read both of Adam Smith's major works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, you might conclude that there is not just one Adam Smith but two.