Essential Life Skills
Face the Essential Truths through The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Theme-by-theme chapter breakdowns of the essential life skills in this classic work. 6 deep dives tracing how Adam Smith's story teaches skills you can use today.
Developing Moral Imagination
Stand at the rack in chapter 1, then at the slack rope, and watch imagination do what the senses refuse.
Distinguishing Self-Interest from Selfishness
Hear that every man is first recommended to his own care, then watch the miser and the cheat use the same sentence.
Cultivating the Impartial Spectator
Divide yourself into two persons in chapter 26, and let the one who did not act pass sentence.
Recognizing Moral Corruption by Wealth
Watch the poor man go unheeded in a crowd, then the toil whose only end is a neighbor's admiration.
Separating Justice from Beneficence
Set the pillar beside the ornament: merchants may live without love, and cannot live once they start injuring one another.
Holding Intentions Against Outcomes
Stay with the stone we curse, the office the friend failed to get, and the court that must not become an inquisition of wishes.