“I try to construct a theory of how a moral person should live in these circumstances, and how such a person should… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
“We have here the fundamental problem of ethics, the crux of the theory of moral conduct. What is justice? -shall we seek… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“The notion of a natural propensity for vice is essential to Sadeian psychology; vice is innate, as is virtue, if social conditions… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“Isabel’s private theory of moral proximity, the basis of those obligations that came into existence when we found ourselves close enough to… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The… — Ted Malloch Copy Share Image
“The theme of Smith’s first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, was the innate honesty of mankind. “How selfish soever man may… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
