...at the beginning of The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Talking about man in general, Smith asserts that "there are evidently some principles in his nature,...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it."40 In other words, pity is an entirely disinterested feeling. Similarly, in his analysis of the...

...the first chapter of the volume, "Of Sympathy," as follows: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it."46 Like Rousseau in the second Discourse, Smith suggests that human nature is equipped with two...

...also in order to satisfy the demands of that sympathy. (Eg. "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.")24 The utilitarian and the hedonist act not only because of the desire for pleasure but also in...

...may he supposed, there are evidendy some principles in his namre, which interest him in the formne of others, and render their happiness necessary to...it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion whirh we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to ronreive it in a very...

...society whilst in 1759 (p. 9) he said that Man possesses capacities: which interest him in the future of others, and render their happiness necessary to...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. For many people in the past and some now, moral guidelines have been considered to exist and to be...

...and render 2. For a discussion of the extent to which love and empathy are renewable, see Hirschmann their happiness necessary to him, though he derives...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it" (Smith 1969, 47). Interest in the fortunes of others is absent from mainstream analyses, which instead...

...are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others and rend their happiness necessary to him, though he derives...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." 3 Smith took it as a given that people were more than savages. They lived in society, not in the jungle...

...York: Basic Books. l983), esp. chaps. l.4. 7. Smith notes, "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. ... The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without...

...Chapter 1 of his moral masterwork, with the following paragraph: How selfish soever, man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. ..like all the other original passions of human nature, [it) is by no means confined to the virtuous...

...between individuals, grounded upon an innate capacity for pity: 'How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it,' Smith explained: Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others,...