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- Title
ADAM SMITH ON MORALITY, JUSTICE ANDTHE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY.
- Authors
CARRASCO, MARIA A.
- Abstract
This paper proposes that the particular moral point of view embodied in Adam Smith's ethics, which ultimately follows a model based on the determination of justice, enables him to introduce impartiality as a measure for every virtue, and to posit the equal dignity of all human beings as the justification of his ethics. This moral viewpoint, which I here call the `sympathetic-impartial perspective', is naturally learned by human beings in the course of socialization through the ongoing interaction between the innate impulse to sympathize and practically-informed reason. Moreover, this particular perspective creates a bridge between Smith's moral and political theories, shedding new light upon the moral foundations of his `system of natural liberty'.
- Publication
Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 2, p135
- ISSN
1479-6651
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3366/E1479665108000183