Smith allows for independence from external actual spectators, but it is an independence founded on dependence on an internal spectator which is itself derived from society, producing a constant bouncing back and forth between the 'man within' (how I view myself) and the 'man without' (how I view others viewing me), each affecting the other.
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“there's a simultaneity, a bouncing back and forth constantly in the first part of part three for me of the man within... The man without, the way I view others viewing me. But that in turn starts to affect the man within.”
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Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 4--A Discussion of Part III 04/29/2009— EconTalkCreated: 6/15/2026, 9:36:51 AM
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