# The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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- Book: [The Theory of Moral Sentiments](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-smith/the-theory-of-moral-sentiments) ([The Theory of Moral Sentiments.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-smith/the-theory-of-moral-sentiments.md))
- Authors: [Adam Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-smith)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-592-3
- Pages: 544
- Published: 2010-05-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations , Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments , he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smith's classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgement and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.