Excerpt from An Essay on the Principles of Human Action: Being an Argument in Favour of the Natural Disinterestedness of the Human Mind<br><br>IT is the design of the following Essay to shew that the human mind is naturally disinterested, or that it is naturally inte rested in the welfare of others in the same way, and from the same direct motives, by which we are impelled to the pursuit of our own interest.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.