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

The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, vol. 1) by Adam Smith. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780198281894.

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.