The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith vol. 1)

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The 250th-anniversary edition of the influential treatise on social responsibility that has shaped leaders from Bill Gates to Barack Obama 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 judgment and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.