"Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best Ends by the best Means."

"Whence this secret Chain between each Person and Mankind? How is my Interest connected with the most distant Parts of…"

"That Action is best, which procures the greatest Happiness for the greatest Numbers; and that worst, which, in like m…"

"Another valuable purpose of ridicule is with relation to smaller vices, which are often more effectually corrected by…"

"A good man deliberating which of several actions proposed he shall choose, regards and compares the material goodness…"

"The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has…"

"Whoever voluntarily undertakes the necessary office of rearing and educating, obtains the parental power without gene…"

"Francis Hutcheson and David Hume were the two most prominent Scottish contributors to moral philosophy before Smith. …"

"Kant in fact seems to have begun his reflections on moral theory as an adherent of Francis Hutcheson’s moral sense th…"

"It is matter of history, that whilst the laurels were yet cool on the brows of our victorious soldiers on their secon…"