Books Mentioned in This Episode

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Episode: Is It Wrong to Enjoy Yourself While the World Is Burning? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 132

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

How the Mind Works Cover

How the Mind Works

by Steven Pinker

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"Pinker wrote a book about it; I think he did a really good job summarizing it."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Cover

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

by Adam Smith

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"Well, the Theory of Moral Sentiments..."
The Wealth of Nations Cover

The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

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"Self-interest was something that he wrote a bit about in his later book The Wealth of Nations, but in the Theory of Moral Sentiments he writes about our self-concern in a way that I think would help modern people look at it in a different light."