This book aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of "The Wealth of Nations", was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is still frequently depicted. Smith's "right-wing" reputation was sealed after his death when it was not safe to claim that an author may have influenced the French revolutionaries. But, as the author, also, of "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", which he probably regarded as his more important book, Smith sought a non-religious grounding for morals, and found it in the principle of sympathy, which should lead an impartial spectator to understand others' problems.
- ISBN10 0748623531
- ISBN13 9780748623532
- Publish Date 1 June 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Edinburgh University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English