Talk:The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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  • Delete. Simply an extended quotation of Adam Smith. Pteron 05:37, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Agreed. Revise or delete. Cribcage 06:35, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Should be turned into a stub. Adam Smith only wrote two major works - The Wealth of Nations and A Theory of Moral Sentiments, and thus the book deserves an entry on Wikipedia. :ChrisG 10:15, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep and stubify. Agree with ChrisG. Andrewa 14:11, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is one of the most influencial books in capitalist theory. mydogategodshat 12:32, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Innacuracies: Holds that Hume believed in moral sense, and that Smith came up with the theory of sympathy as the motivating replacement

instead of Hume

  • Irrelevance: Describing this book as an important step in the development of capitalist theory is beside the point. Adam Smith wrote this not to defend capitalism, but to do traditional moral theory.
  • Adam Smith never used the term "capitalism", and he was highly distrustful of businessmen. Its misleading to claim that this book was a theory of capitalism. The page should be kept, but I'm removing that reference.
  • This wiki needs an exposition of his important contribution to moral philosophy the "impartial spectator".

Interestingly the "impartial spectator" isn't listed as one of his notable ideas on the Adam Smith biography wiki. berserk

[edit] Notes

Can someone find those chapter references, for the quotes stuck into the article? Wikidea 13:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)