Sympathy (in Adam Smith's moral philosophy) [ Feelings & Emotions / Character ]
… Morality Sympathy ‘It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, 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 … the infamous lines of WN : ‘It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, …
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