Theory of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith Translated by Jiang Ziqiang, Qin Beiyu, Zhu Zhongdi and Shen Kaizhang Hu Qilin school translator's preface tell the reader Book One: On the Properity of Conduct Part One: On the Sense of Properity Chapter 1 On Sympathy Chapter II Of the Pleasures of Mutual Sympathy Chapter III Of the Properity of Others' Feelings, by their Consistency with Our Own Way Chapter 4 Continuation of previous chapters Chapter V Of the Amiable and Respectable Virtues Part Two: Of the Different Desirable Degrees of Passion Chapter I. Of the passions arising from the body

Chapter II Of those passions arising from some peculiar tendency or habit of the imagination Chapter III Of Unfriendly Passions Chapter IV Of Friendly Passions Chapter V Of Selfish Passions Part III: Of the Influence of Fortune and Misfortune upon Men's Judgments of the Properity of Action; and Why It Is More Likely to Obtain Men's Approval in the One Case Than the Other CHAPTER I Although our sympathy with sorrow is generally a stronger feeling than our sympathy with joy, emotion, but it is usually far less intense than the person naturally feels Chapter II On the Origin of Ambition, and on the Differences of Social Orders

CHAPTER THREE Of the tendencies aroused by this tendency to admire the rich and great, and to despise or slight the poor and little. corruption of moral sentiment Book Two: Of Merits and Demerits; Or, Objects of Reward and Punishment Part One: On the Feelings of Strengths and Weaknesses introduction CHAPTER I. Any act that appears to be a proper object of gratitude is obviously to be rewarded; Behavior that is now a proper object of resentment clearly deserves to be punished Chapter II Of the Proper Objects of Gratitude and Proper Objects of Resentment CHAPTER III. no sympathy for the wrath of the victims

Chapter 4 A brief recap of previous chapters Chapter 5 Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses Book Two: Of Justice and Mercy Chapter I A Comparison of the Two Virtues Chapter II On the Sense of Justice, of Remorse, and of the Consciousness of Merit CHAPTER III ON THE OPERATION OF THIS NATURAL CONSTRUCTION Part Three: Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Sentiments of Man, as to the Merit or Demerit of Action introduction Chapter I Of the Causes of This Fate's Influence CHAPTER TWO ON THE EXTENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF THIS FATE CHAPTER THREE OF THE FINAL CAUSES OF THE VARIOUS EFFECTS

Volume III: On the Basis for Judging Our Feelings and Behavior, and on the Sense of Responsibility Chapter One On the Principles of Self-Approval and Disapproval Chapter 2 Of the Love of Praise and of the Praiseworthy; and of the Fear of Blame and of the Blameable Chapter III Of the Influence and Authority of Conscience Chapter IV Of the Nature of Self-Deception, and of the Origin and Effect of General Maxims Chapter V. Of the influence and authority of the general maxims of morality, and how they are justly regarded as the laws of the Creator Chapter 6. When should a sense of duty be the sole principle of our conduct; and when

, it should work together with other motives Volume Four: On the Effect of Utility on the Approval Sentiment The first chapter deals with the beauty endowed by the expression of utility to all works of art, and of the wide-ranging influence of this beauty The second chapter deals with the beauty which the representation of utility imparts to human qualities and actions, and how the conception of this beauty may be found in to what extent is seen as a primitive principle of assent Book V: The Influence of Habit and Morality on the Feelings of Moral Approval and Disapproval Chapter I Of the Influence of Custom and Morality upon Our Ideas of Beauty and Ugliness

Chapter II Of the Influence of Custom and Morality upon the Moral Sentiments Book Six: Of the Qualities Relating to Virtue introduction Book One: Of Personal Character, as It Influences Its Own Happiness; or Of Prudence Part Two: Of Personal Qualities, So Far As It May Influence The Happiness Of Others introduction Chapter I. Of the order in which nature renders individuals the objects of our care and attention. CHAPTER II Of the order in which nature makes societies the objects of our beneficence CHAPTER THREE ON THE BENEFITS THAT COME TO EVERY ONE Part Three: On Self-Control Volume VI Conclusion

Book Seven: On the System of Moral Philosophy Part I: On the Questions to Be Examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments Part II: Of the various accounts which have been given of the nature of virtue introduction Chapter I of those systems which hold that virtue consists in propriety CHAPTER TWO OF THE SYSTEMS THAT CONCERN THE VITALITY IN CONSIDERED IN PRINCIPLES Chapter III Of those systems which hold that virtue consists in benevolence Chapter Four: Of the Bohemian System Part Three: Of the Systems Formed Concerning the Assenting Instinct introduction Chapter I Of those systems inferring from self-love the assenting instinct

Chapter II. Of those systems which regard reason as the origin in favor of instinct. CHAPTER THREE OF THE SYSTEMS THAT CONCERN THE EFFECTS AS THE ORIGINS OF THE ASSISTANT INSTITUTIONS Part IV: Of the ways in which various authors have expounded on the principles of moral practice postscript