...priority of our sympathetic attachments to others. "How selfish soever man may be supposed," he writes, "there are evidently some principles in his nature,...derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it."9 In making this claim, Smith is insisting on the naturalness and inevitability of sympathy, and...

...consequence of corrupted or underdeveloped sensibility. So, while Adam Smith begins with the claim, "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...others, and render their happiness necessary to him," he later contends, "Every savage ... is in continual danger.. .. He can expect from his countrymen...

...sentiments." According to Smith, here is how these sentiments motivate our behavior: How selfish so ever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles...others, and render their happiness necessary to him. Of this kind is pity and compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either...

...Krygier 1996, p. 17. Chapter 4: A Brief Account of the Historical Origins of Economic Fundamentalism How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...the fortune of others, and render their happiness to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. — Adam Smith Introduction...

...consideration of his earlier book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Smith: 1976a). In that book Smith wrote, 'How selfish soever man may be supposed, there...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...

...intentionally left blank Evolutionary Theory and the Social Psychology of Human Cooperation How selfish so ever man may be supposed, there are evidently some 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,...

...soever man may be supposed, there are evidenrly some principles in his nature, which interest him m the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothmg from it, except the pleasure of seeing it» (ma traduction ; Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral...

...expressly admits altruistic behaviour to man when beginning this book with the following sentences: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." (1759, p. 9.) Nevertheless, he also writes in the same book: "We are not ready to suspect any person...

...believe in the importance of sympathy for others and consideration for their interests. Howsoever selfish man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it ... That we often derive sorrow from the sorrow of others, is a matter of fact too obvious to require...

...clear beginning with the very first line of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, where Smith writes that "how selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...nature, which interest him in the fortune of others" (TMS Iiii, 9). This is so, of course, because people tend to put themselves in the position of others...