This work observes that "We suffer more… when we fall from a better to a worse situation, than we ever enjoy when we rise from a worse to a better. Se
This work observes that "We suffer more… when we fall from a better to a worse situation, than we ever enjoy when we rise from a worse to a better. Security, therefore, is the first and principal object of prudence." It goes on to define attributes of the prudent man, including his propensity for friendship and his sincerity, and comments on how Cesar Borgia's luring of four princes to their deaths under a flag of truce is viewed as less contemptuous than the actions of a petty thief because the petty thief possesses foolishness in addition to his other vices. Those arguments appear in its sixth section, "Of the Character of Virtue." It opens with the observation that man possesses an inherent altruism, and, in the footsteps of its author's mentor, Frances Hutcheson, categorizes the nature and motive of morality. For 10 points, name this work of Adam Smith.
This work observes that "We suffer more… when we fall from a better to a worse situation, than we ever enjoy when we rise from a worse to a better.
{Theory} of {Moral Sentiments}