...Theory of Moral Sentiments, which also studied human feelings and acts of benevolence. In it, he wrote: How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...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...

...begins to grow the tStfi century But why think. Why not trie the expt. 1 John Hunter to Edward Jenner How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...principles in his nature which interest him in the fortunes of others. And render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it...

...lead to social benefit. But in his other great work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith also said, "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others."6 In other words, Smith took a more rounded view of human behavior, one that acknowledged...

...brother Theo The heart has reasons that Reason knows nothing about. — Blaise Pascal, Pensees (1670) How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it,...

...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...

...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...

...beings, Smith in TMS insists that there also resides within the heart of each person 'some 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...

...(University of Texas Press, Austin, 1976). 51. Matthews, K.-A., Batson, CD, Horn, J. & Rosenman, R.-H. Principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others: The heritability of empathic concern for others. Journal of Personality 49, 237-247 (1981). 52. Zahn-...

...(University of Texas Press, Austin, 1976). 51. Matthews, K.-A., Batson, CD, Horn, J. & Rosenman, R.-H. Principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others: The heritability of empathic concern for others. Journal of Personality 49, 237-247 (1981). 52. Zahn-Waxler,...