Some say Adam Smith was the last virtue ethicist. I find it amusing that so many people read his "Wealth of Nations" and founded edifices on it, while convenie

Some say Adam Smith was the last virtue ethicist. I find it amusing that so many people read his "Wealth of Nations" and founded edifices on it, while conveniently ignoring his other book: "The Theory of Moral Sentiments"¹ 1: Relevant quote: “How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.”