Simpatia e punti di vista fermi e generali : David Hume contro il sentimentalismo ingenuo
P. 125-136
The aim of this paper is to show how David Hume's ethics, far from being a naïve sentimentalism, accounts better that its contemporary resumptions for the need to ground morality not on our immediate emotional reactions, but rather on sympathy corrected assuming a general point of view. Similarly, Adam Smith's ethics moves from the same premises and the same needs, although he achieves a deepened account of the impartial standpoint needed to account for moral judgment. Understanding their proposals is not only relevant exegetically, but also because it might point at the elements in their theories that are worth considering in contemporary debates. [Publisher's text]
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Società degli individui : 73, 1, 2022-
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Código DOI: 10.3280/LAS2022-073010
ISSN: 1972-5752
KEYWORDS
- Sympathy, David Hume, Adam Smith, impartial spectator, sentimentalism