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The Theory of Moral Sentiments is printed as a public moral-philosophy book

1759 TMS, later Gutenberg, prints sympathy and impartial spectator as a public ethics. In the causal graph this event sets in motion Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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1759 TMS, later Gutenberg, prints sympathy and impartial spectator as a public ethics. Twin of gendered-household: this stores the printed cohesion craft. Adam Smith did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.

Context

Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.

Adam Smith Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.

Adam Smith’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional years are 1723–1790.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Adam Smith

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Theory of Moral Sentiments is printed as a public moral-philosophy book
    2. sets in motionDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 1 April 1759 · verified

    1759 TMS, later Gutenberg, prints sympathy and impartial spectator as a public ethics.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.The Theory of Moral Sentiments — public EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Adam Smith’s Moral and Political PhilosophyStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Driver social-cohesion is attached because the Significance sentence names a mechanism from The Theory of Moral Sentiments is printed as a public moral-philosophy book at 1759-04-01, not because a standing driver list needed coverage. Official page: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67363 (opens in a new tab). Independent page: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/smith-moral-political/ (opens in a new tab).

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAdam Smith
  2. contributed toFactThe Theory of Moral Sentiments is printed as a public moral-philosophy book
  3. sets in motionDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Theory of Moral Sentiments is printed as a public moral-philosophy book. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-tms-1759

https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-tms-1759

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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