...is best known for the claim made in its opening sentence: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing nom it except the pleasure of seeing it" (1759/1976: 9). It might seem that Smith is proposing a hypothesis...

...Sentiments, "there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." His book is a thorough scrutiny of human behavior with the goal of establishing that "sympathy" is...

...set in the first sentence of The Theory of Moral Sentiments: "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 wants to oppose the view that we empathize with others only when we think it to our advantage...

...encourages us to give even when we don't stand to benefit. "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." But we can't donate to charities or underprivileged countries if we are poor; we can do this because...

...sympathy for others and within the moral system of society: "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 l759, 47). Adam Smith based his view of human nature on the human capacity for sympathy for...

...studied human feelings and acts of benevolence. In it, he wrote: 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...

..."principles" of sociability, later identified as the need for recognition, consolation, and approbation, "which interest him in the fortune of others, and...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it" (9). Smith establishes the importance — in fact, the dominance — of visuality and spectacle from...

...be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. . . Our imagination therefore attaches the idea of shame to all violations of faith. — Adam Smith,...

...may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortunes of others. And render their happiness necessary to...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.2 Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments INTRODUCTION Several factors influenced 18th century...

...economist Adam Smith wrote that man's nature "interests] him in the fortunes of others, and render[s] their happiness necessary to him, though he derive[s]...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." In 1980, the top marginal tax rate was 70 percent. That means that every dollar at the margin that...