Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… of relating to each other solely out of self-interest, Smith’s political economy also recruited moral notions, like sympathy, which Smith thought were absolutely essential for the individual’s development into a responsible agent who … society. Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Concepts > Character Keywords Benevolence Conduct Imagination Morality Sympathy ‘It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from … TMS , 13) 3 . For a more systematic and fuller exploration of Smith’s project in TMS, see Craig Smith, ‘Morality and Sympathy’, in Adam Smith (Newark: Polity Press, 2020), p. 40-66. For Smith, it was simply self-evident that the ‘original …
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