Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 6--A Discussion of Parts VI and VII, and Summary

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🗓️ 27 May 2009

⏱️ 97 minutes

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This is the sixth and concluding podcast in the EconTalk Book Club discussion of The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. In this episode, Dan Klein of George Mason University and EconTalk host Russ Roberts discuss Parts VI and VII of the book. They close by putting the book in context.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:12.5	I'm your host Russ Roberts of George Mason University and Stanford University's Hoover
0:17.3	Institution.
0:18.7	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, find other episodes, comment on this podcast,
0:25.8	and find links to other information related to today's conversation.
0:29.9	Our email address is mailadicontalk.org.
0:33.6	We'd love to hear from you.
0:38.3	Welcome back to the Econ Talk Book Club on the Theory of Moral Sentiments with Dan Klein,
0:43.8	Dan.
0:44.8	Thanks once again for being part of this great experience.
0:48.7	My pleasure.
0:50.0	So this is our sixth podcast, and we will be covering, our plan today is to cover part
0:56.9	six, and then go on to talk somewhat briefly about part seven.
1:03.3	And try to then tie everything together, whatever that means, or put the book in context
1:09.2	a little bit.
1:11.2	I want to start, Dan, why don't we start with part six?
1:15.2	Okay, for part six, I have a weave of some of the major themes.
1:20.1	There's a lot in part six.
1:21.4	It's one of the two longer parts of the book.
1:24.5	It's called, of the character of virtue.
1:29.2	And the first sentence is, when we consider the character of any individual, we naturally
1:34.6	view it under two different aspects.
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