Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… appropriately in commercial society. Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Concepts > Character Mots-clés Benevolence Conduct Imagination Morality Sympathy ‘It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect … is a product of our particular prior experiences and sentiments, but years of calling upon the spectator by way of our imagination have made this process instinctive and habitual – an internalised emotional sense – rather than a product of … mind.’ (Smith, TMS , 133-134). So for Smith, humans not only attempt to sympathise with their fellow-men by way of their imagination, but they also constantly estimate and seek to adhere to the moral codes of the particular society of …
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