This man adopted Hume's experimental method to determine that "moral sense" was merely sympathy derived from mirroring the experience of others.
This man adopted Hume's experimental method to determine that "moral sense" was merely sympathy derived from mirroring the experience of others. He asserted that the Scots had an unhealthy constitution because they failed to eat potatoes. He famously argued that productivity could increase 240 times in a pin factory that engaged in specialization and division of labour. He argued that the economic endeavors of the baker, brewer, and butcher are motivated not by benevolence but by self-interest. For 10 points, name this Scottish economist who attacked mercantilism and proposed the concept of the invisible hand in his Wealth of Nations.
This man adopted Hume's experimental method to determine that "moral sense" was merely sympathy derived from mirroring the experience of others.
Adam Smith 