Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… say they relate to each other only transactionally. By anachronistically dressing Smith in a utilitarian garb, this reading sees his view of individuals as interest-maximising agents to whom it is of little import whether their … Hanley (ed.), Adam Smith: His Life, Thought, and Legacy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016), p. 33-34. In this reading, the workings of sympathy can be seen as operative even in the most often deployed examples of selfishness in … Accessed on 05/19/2024, URL: https://www.digitens.org/en/notices/sympathy-adam-smiths-moral-philosophy.html Further Reading Berry J.C., Paganelli M.P., Smith C. (eds.), The Oxford handbook of Adam Smith (Oxford: Oxford University Press, …
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