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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias Khalil

Forthcoming in "Journal of the history of economic thought" in 2003 or 2004 Abstract: Friendship-and-love expresses musings about wellbeing—while “wellbeing” is the economist’s substantive satisfaction. Insofar as altruism is about wellbeing, it must differ from friendship-and-love. However, what is the basis of the difference between substantive satisfaction and friendship-and-love? The answer can be found in Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments, chapter 2: how “mutual sympathy” differs from “sympathy.” Smith scholars generally miss the uniqueness of “mutual sympathy” and, indeed, fold it under Smith’s “sympathy” (and “empathy”)—with one exception. Robert Sugden highlights the uniqueness of mutual sympathy. However, he goes to the other end, i.e., folds it under Smith’s sympathy-and-empathy”. This paper aims to avoid the folding in either direction. While mutual sympathy originates love-based sociality (friendship-and-love), sympathy-and-empathy originates interest-based sociality (wellbeing that includes altruism). This paper concludes that friendship is neither reducible to altruism nor vice versa. Further, this paper distinguishes this problem from the question regarding the socialization of the individual.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sareh Pouryousefi

Pragmatists believe that philosophical inquiry must engage closely with practice in order to be useful, and that practice serves as a source of social norms. As a growing alternative to the analytic and continental philosophical traditions, pragmatism is well suited for research in business ethics, but its role remains underappreciated. This article focuses on Richard Rorty, a key figure in the pragmatist tradition. We read Rorty as a source of insight about the ethical and political nature of business practice in contemporary global markets, focusing specifically on his views about moral sentiments, agency, and democratic deliberation. Importantly for business ethicists, Rorty’s approach sets in stark relief our moral responsibility as useful, practical thinkers in addressing the societal challenges of our time. We use “modern slavery” as an empirical context to highlight the relevance of Rorty’s approach to business ethics. Keywords: Richard Rorty, pragmatism, moral sentiments, agency, democratic deliberation


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sareh Pouryousefi

Pragmatists believe that philosophical inquiry must engage closely with practice in order to be useful, and that practice serves as a source of social norms. As a growing alternative to the analytic and continental philosophical traditions, pragmatism is well suited for research in business ethics, but its role remains underappreciated. This article focuses on Richard Rorty, a key figure in the pragmatist tradition. We read Rorty as a source of insight about the ethical and political nature of business practice in contemporary global markets, focusing specifically on his views about moral sentiments, agency, and democratic deliberation. Importantly for business ethicists, Rorty’s approach sets in stark relief our moral responsibility as useful, practical thinkers in addressing the societal challenges of our time. We use “modern slavery” as an empirical context to highlight the relevance of Rorty’s approach to business ethics. Keywords: Richard Rorty, pragmatism, moral sentiments, agency, democratic deliberation


2021 ◽  
pp. 164-181
Author(s):  
Fred Parker

The disengaged position of Mr Spectator, who observes life without participating in it, is related to Addison’s interest in an inexpressive reticence or modesty in language and in manners. How can this valorization of reserve be reconciled with The Spectator’s saturation in the social scene, a scene which is everywhere held up as open to appraisal? Comparison with Adam Smith’s ‘impartial spectator’ in The Theory of Moral Sentiments reveals Addison’s greater emphasis on the function of the imagination, such that the spectatorial viewpoint is often felt as an imagined viewpoint, a place to visit rather than to reside. This chimes with Addison’s way of endorsing Locke as a thinker who emphasizes the role of the mind’s suppositions and projections in the construction of experience. Genial recognition of the provisionality of what is imagined is key to Addison’s celebrated humour (especially in the Roger de Coverley papers), while the sense of an elusive imaginative agency gives the apparent spontaneity of his ‘easy’ style its subtle irony and its power to delight.


2021 ◽  
pp. 174-189
Author(s):  
Noël Carroll

This chapter engages the question of how fictions can change the moral feelings of spectators. Fictions, of course, can activate and reinforce existing emotions. But given that function, how can they also change sentiments, especially moral sentiments? This chapter attempts to partially answer that question by explaining how imagery of the family can be a powerful rhetorical lever for altering affective commitments. The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the movie Philadelphia are introduced as primary examples of this process.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azizah Nur Adilah

Berbicara mengenai ekonomi kapitalisme, Smith merpuakan salah satu pelopor dari sistem ini. Sistem ekonomi kapitalisme mulai muncul dan berkembang pada abad ke-18 di Eropa Barat dan mulai lebih terkenal pada abad ke-19. Adam Smit sendiri lahir di Skotlandia pada tahun 1723 dan beberapa karyanya yang terkenal ialah The Wealth of Nations, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) dan Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms (1763).Di dunia sendiri sistem ekonomi didominasi oleh dua sistem ekonomi yakni, sistem ekonomi kapitalis dan sistem ekonomi kapitalis. Sistem ekonomi kapitalis berpatok pada kepemilikan pribadi dan swasta terhadap alat-alat produksi, kegiatan distribusi, maupun pertukaran. Karenanya ketiga hal tersebut dikuasai oleh pihak swasta. Sistem ekonomi lebih mendominasi negara-negara didunia. Dimana, produksi dan perdagangannya didominasi oleh kepemilikan yang bersifat individualistis atau pribadi.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sareh Pouryousefi

Pragmatists believe that philosophical inquiry must engage closely with practice in order to be useful, and that practice serves as a source of social norms. As a growing alternative to the analytic and continental philosophical traditions, pragmatism is well suited for research in business ethics, but its role remains underappreciated. This article focuses on Richard Rorty, a key figure in the pragmatist tradition. We read Rorty as a source of insight about the ethical and political nature of business practice in contemporary global markets, focusing specifically on his views about moral sentiments, agency, and democratic deliberation. Importantly for business ethicists, Rorty’s approach sets in stark relief our moral responsibility as useful, practical thinkers in addressing the societal challenges of our time. We use “modern slavery” as an empirical context to highlight the relevance of Rorty’s approach to business ethics. Keywords: Richard Rorty, pragmatism, moral sentiments, agency, democratic deliberation


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