The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Author: Adam Smith

Ethics & moral philosophy

Published on 6 May 2010 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 544 pages
195 x 129 x 24mm | 364g

Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smith's classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgement and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.