TMS’s Appeal Has Moved with Openness to Non-foundationalism: 35 Critics, 1765 to 1949

Abstract

The appeal of The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS) has moved with openness to non-foundationalism. This paper is devoted to providing evidence of that bivariate relationship. The paper stems from a 2018 article, “Dissing The Theory of Moral Sentiments.” I have pared down the quotations and added nine dissers. This paper evidences more pointedly that the appeal of TMS has moved with openness to non-foundationalism—though I do not mean to suggest that openness to non-foundationalism is the sole factor affecting TMS’s appeal.