> History shows us that societies based on morals (religious, ideological) fare extremely poorly compared with societies based on rights (free markets). Adam S

> History shows us that societies based on morals (religious, ideological) fare extremely poorly compared with societies based on rights (free markets). Adam Smith saw "Theory of Moral Sentiments" as the foundation of his later work on "Wealth of Nations", right? ie that morals were a necessary prerequisite to markets etc.