道德情操论
The theory of moral sentiments
Adam Smith · 初版 1759 年
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为什么值得读
- 对斯多葛学派的人生命运观给出了精彩概括
- 详尽剖析了奴隶制的经济低效与道德败坏
- 是理解国富论及古典经济学不可或缺的前置读物
The Theory of Moral Sentiments 是 Smith 的处女作，也是他自认为最重要的著作，书中概述了他关于得体行为以及造就有德行之人的制度与情感的见解。在此，他阐述了 impartial spectator（公正的旁观者）学说，即在任何特定情境下，我们都必须借助其假想的中立判断来明辨是非。根据 Smith 的观点，我们生来就追求自身利益。这使得独立或 self-command（自我克制）成为一种本能的美德，也让中立规则的制定既必不可少又困难重重。然而，社会并不单单依靠中立规则来维系；它
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读了不少关于斯多葛主义的内容却依然一头雾水之后，我在亚当·斯密那部几乎快被遗忘的经典《道德情操论》（1759年）[1]中找到了很好的总结：“斯多葛学派似乎将人生看作一场极高技巧的博弈；然而，其中却掺杂着机运的成分 […] 在这类博弈中，赌注通常微不足道，而整个……
After reading a fair amount about Stoicism and still being unclear, I've found a good summary in Adam Smith's almost forgotten classic, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759) [1]: "Human life the Stoics appear to have considered as a game of great skill; in which, however, there was a mixture of chance [...] In such games the stake is commonly a trifle, and the whole…
……并且没有深入到基于计算模型的经济学——具体来说是微观经济学，它构成了当今经济学教育的大头：熊彼特 - 《经济分析史》；亚当·斯密 - 《道德情操论》；凯恩斯 - 《就业、利息和货币通论》；马克思 - 《资本论》；本杰明·格雷厄姆 - 《聪明的投资者》；加尔布雷斯 - 《富裕社会》；加尔布雷斯 - 《大崩盘》；米尔顿·弗里德曼……
…and does not get into computational model based economics - specifically microeconomics, which comprises the bulk of economics education today: Schumpeter - History of economic analysis Adam Smith - Theory of Moral Sentiments Kaynes - The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money Marx - Capital Benjamin Graham - The Intelligent Investor Galbraith - The Affluent Society Galbraith - The Great Crash Milton Friedman…
……如果你只打算读一本经济学书，那就读托马斯·皮凯蒂的《21世纪资本论》。而这些则是值得用一生去读的经典经济学巨著：卡尔·马克思，《资本论》；亚当·斯密，《道德情操论》；亚当·斯密，《国富论》；F·A·哈耶克，《通往奴役之路》
…you're going to read one economics book, read Thomas Piketty, "Capital for 21st Century". These are the classic economics tomes that you'd read over a lifetime: Karl Marx, "Capital" Adam Smith, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations" FA Hayek, "The Road to Serfdom"
……历史上促成彻底废除奴隶制的经济体制。现代其他替代性经济体制直到今天仍会堕入利用奴隶制的境地。你应该读读亚当·斯密的《道德情操论》和《国富论》，它们极其详尽地阐明了在我们现在所谓的资本主义中，奴隶制在经济上的低效和道德上的令人作呕。奴隶制绝对不是资本主义的，用……
…economic system in history that resulted in the enduring abolition of slavery. Modern, alternative economic systems still devolve into utilizing slavery to this very day. You should read Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and The Wealth of Nations, which, in great detail, illustrate the economic inefficiency and moral repugnance of slavery in what we now call capitalism. Slavery was definitely not capitalistic, using…
或者你可以自己去读亚当·斯密的《国富论》，很多渠道都能免费看到。你该先读他的《道德情操论》。这对理解后面的内容很有帮助。
Or you could read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations yourself as it is available for free from multiple sources. You should his book The Theory of Moral Sentiments first. It helps with the understanding of the later material.
……这种现象太复杂了，无法根据任意时间点的平均比例来进行分类。亚当·斯密在《道德情操论》中有一段关于为什么很难对人类和社会进行建模的绝妙名言，我觉得至今依然适用：> 棋盘之人（The man of the system）似乎以为，他安排庞大社会中不同成员的轻松程度，就像一只手在棋盘上摆弄不同的棋子一样……
…it is too complex a phenomenon to categorise based on the average proportion at any given point in time. Adam Smith has this wonderful quote on why it is difficult to model humans and societies in the theory of moral sentiments, which I feel holds even today: > The man of the system. seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon…