Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… of self-interest but highlighting the instrumental role of evaluating another’s self-interest to engage in commercial exchange. We must imaginatively adopt the other’s situation, gauge their needs and desires based upon what we imagine we … us based on our own judgement of their situation, or what we have learned is commonly expected in such business, and the exchange may fail. Other desires we can justify, and in the process of mutual sympathy we come to an exchange that is mutually beneficial. This is how each individual, by pursuing their own self-interest by way of the …
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