Adam Smith and the Circles of Sympathy - Cosmopolitanism and Moral Theory

Klappentext A broad-ranging 2010 study of Smith's views on moral judgement! humanitarian care! commerce! justice and international law. Zusammenfassung This 2010 text considers Adam Smith's views on moral judgement! humanitarian care! commerce! justice and international law both in historical context and through a contemporary cosmopolitan lens. The result is a major contribution to Smith studies! and to the history of cosmopolitan thought and contemporary cosmopolitan discourse itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Smith's oikeiosis; Part I. The Circle of the Self: 1. Conflicted self; 2. Sympathetic self; Part II. The Circle of Society: 3. Discipline and the socialized conscience; 4. Perfectionism and social order; Part III. The Circle of Humanity: 5. Sympathy in space: Section 1. Physical Immediacy; Section 2. Affective 'Connexion'; Section 3. Historical Familiarity; 6. The commercial cosmopolis; 7. Negative justice; Conclusion: Cultural pluralism, moral goods, and the 'laws of nations'.

Product details

• Authors: Fonna Forman-Barzilai
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2011
• EAN: 9781107402393
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40239-3
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Ideas in Context; Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day