The Moral Sense

"James Q. Wilson has taken an unfashionable, but undeniable crucial question about our moral nature, and produced a bracing, elegant, carefully researched and closely argued book".--Michael Crichton.

James Quinn Wilson was an academic, political scientist, and an authority on public administration.

Preface

vii

(10)

Acknowledgments

xvii

1. The Moral Sense

1

(28)

Part One: Sentiments

29

(92)

2. Sympathy

29

(26)

3. Fairness

55

(24)

4. Self-Control

79

(20)

5. Duty

99

(22)

Part Two: Sources

121

(104)

6. The Social Animal

121

(20)

7. Families

141

(24)

8. Gender

165

(26)

9. The Universal Aspiration

191

(34)

Part Three: Character

225

(28)

10. The Moral Sense and Human Character

225

(28)

Notes

253

(14)

References

267

(34)

Index

301

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