Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.’ 1 Few other statements in history have ever been received as so self-evident in their meaning. Written by Adam Smith in his Inquiry … all (Smith, TMS , 133-134). Much like how Jean-Jacques Rousseau saw mankind in a rudimentary, infantile condition in the state of nature, but without John Locke’s provision for natural moral law, Smith thought individuals needed to relate to …
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