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Adam Smith
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Preface. Of Systems of Moral Philosophy
Contents
1.
Biographical Sketch
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Chapter 1. Historical Introduction
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Chapter 2. The Phenomena of Sympathy
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Chapter 3. Moral Approbation, and the Feeling of Propriety.
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Chapter 4. The Feeling of Merit and Demerit
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Chapter 5. Influence of Prosperity or Adversity, Chance, and Custom Upon Moral Sentiments
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Chapter 6. Theory of Conscience and Duty
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Chapter 7. Theory of Moral Principles
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Chapter 8. The Relation of Religion to Morality
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Chapter 9. The Character of Virtue
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Chapter 10. Adam Smith's Theory of Happiness
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Chapter 11. Adam Smith's Theory of Final Causes in Ethics
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Footnotes
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Chapter 12. Adam Smith's Theory of Utility
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Chapter 13. The Relation of Adam Smith's Theory to Other Systems of Morality
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Chapter 14. Review of the Principle Criticisms of Adam Smith's Theory
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Chapter 3. Moral Approbation, and the Feeling of Propriety. Adam Smith
Footnotes
[[5]]
Lessing, in his
Laocoon
, iv. 3, criticizes Adam Smith's remarks on this subject.
Chapter 3. Moral Approbation, and the Feeling of Propriety. Adam Smith