...may be supposed, there are certainly some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing except the pleasure of seeing it." Later in the book he adds, "The chief part of human happiness arises...

...principles ... which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary for him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.'59 Whereas for Hobbes the predominant natural law was the right of each of us to preserve and improve...

...our behaviour. Indeed, the opening paragraph in TMS reads: How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion we feel for the misery of others ... Smith is not an economist who defends or advocates people's behaviour...

...Adam Smith stated in his 1759 Theory of Moral Sentiments: "However selfish soever man may be disposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it". Indeed, charitable donations by individuals, both small-scale donors and super-rich, and by firms can...

...opening sentence in Theory of Moral Sentiments makes this clear: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." He also wrote that man "has a natural love for society," that nature "formed man for society," and...

...Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) with the proposition that "how selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it" (9). The moral philosopher David Hume argued that it was emotion not reason that made us act in benevolent...

...(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976 [1759, 1790]), which begins: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it" (p. 9). The Smith who placed such emphasis on fellow-feeling is obviously not the flinty Smith beloved...

...found in Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments^ where he writes: '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.'31 As economists, we wonder if the pleasure coming from the observation of someone else's pleasure...

...actors' utility function.103 As already Adam Smith pointed out "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".1 That trust and altruism are more realistic behavioural assumptions than opportunism has been...

...conceptualization of sympathy's role in the formation of human societies: "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."16 Unlike his mentor Hutcheson, Smith does not deny that Hobbes and Mandeville may be correct to...