{"id":25248,"date":"2023-02-20T19:37:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T03:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=25248"},"modified":"2023-02-20T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T03:37:15","slug":"book-the-theory-of-moral-sentiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/book-the-theory-of-moral-sentiments\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: \u201cTHE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1565721395i\/25700.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Theory of Moral Sentiments<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14424.Adam_Smith\">Adam Smith<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundation for a general system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark in the history of moral and political thought. Readers familiar with Adam Smith from will find this earlier book a revelation. Although the author is often misrepresented as a calculating rationalist who advises the pursuit of self-interest in the marketplace, regardless of the human cost, he was also interested in the human capacity for benevolence \u2014 as amply demonstrates.<br>The greatest prudence, Smith suggests, may lie in following economic self-interest in order to secure the basic necessities. This is only the first step, however, toward the much higher goal of achieving a morally virtuous life. Smith elaborates upon a theory of the imagination inspired by the philosophy of David Hume. His reasoning takes Hume\u2019s logic a step further by proposing a more sophisticated notion of sympathy, leading to a series of highly original theories involving conscience, moral judgment, and virtue.<br>Smith\u2019s legacy consists of his reconstruction of the Enlightenment idea of a moral, or social, science that embraces both political economy and the theory of law and government. His articulate expression of his philosophy continues to inspire and challenge modern readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Goodreads.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Theory of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith The foundation for a general system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark in the history of moral and political thought. Readers familiar with Adam Smith from will find this earlier book a revelation. Although the author is often misrepresented as a&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/book-the-theory-of-moral-sentiments\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125,126],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25249,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25248\/revisions\/25249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}