# Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Shaftesbury

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/self-interest-and-social-order-in-classical-liberalism-shaftesbury>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** May 10, 2017

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George H. Smith begins his exploration of self-interest and social order by explaining Lord Shaftesbury’s theory of social psychology.

[Originally published in essay form on October 17, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/self-interest-social-order-classical-liberalism-shaftesbury)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._