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Studying On Adam Smith Sympathy Theoretical Value

Posted on:2012-01-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330332492498Subject:Ethics
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The establishment of marketing economy system in our country made our productive force develop greatly, which brought out more fluent goods, satisfied the people's increasing material needs, enhanced their life level. But at the same time, declining moral situation went along with the development of marketing economy system. The tendency of seeking for interest struggled with virtues. Resulting common spiritual crisis and emotional crises, social ethics have also been a tremendous impact. So that, the most important is resolving the conflict between the interest and virtue Western scholars of Adam Smith's sympathy for us to solve the contemporary moral crisis provides a useful way of thinking. Adam Smith, the well-being of citizens as the goal, to enhance people's sense of responsibility and referred to the importance of compassion, Reform of morality, coordination "economic man" and "moral person" contradictions, trying to make the economic man return to himself, and make the person become whole human. To study the theory of Adam Smith's sympathy with our country citizen morality construction reference value. This article mainly further to study of Adam Smith's sympathy from four aspects.The first part is the preface, through a clear purpose and significance of topics and the relevant domestic and international sympathy for Adam Smith's theory Analysis and combing, leads to Adam Smith sympathy theory value of thinking.The second part is Adam Smith's theory of sympathy for the background. In the 18th century English free economy to a monopoly of capitalist economic transition, Smith's keen insight into the supremacy of the commercial society of money to bring material benefits to the people at the same time, "economic man" of infinite self-interest expansion led to the corruption of morality, and moral progress of economic development makes the reverse operation situation of discord intensified, Economic development and moral progress which is the reverse operation of harmonious situation increasingly fierce, Such background for Smith thought development provides direction. Smith's family also provide a good educational environment, but also for the formation of high moral character basis; while he was absorbing the essence of contemporary predecessors on the basis of theoretical thinker with a personal endowment was able to complete.The third part is sympathetic to the theory of Adam Smith content analysis. The meaning of compassion, and sympathy with the nature of the mechanism and function of doing in-depth analysis, compassion is not only the inherent ability of a mechanism for emotional empathy, and equality between people is the right to freedom of expression of the objective social ethics relationship. In the emotional response of sympathy on the basis of mutual agreement is expected to form the basis of moral judgments. Smith agrees with the foundation for the cornerstone and for standard with appropriate, constructing a closely moral philosophy system.The fourth part is sympathetic to the theory of Adam Smith value analysis. Adam Smith sympathy theory affirmed rationality and emotion common role in the moral, as well, with emphasis on psychological analysis of the emotional mechanisms to build ethical order, the adjustment of the British social order and stability was an important role. But sympathy for Smith emphasis on the subjective theory ignores the economic base of the Moral Sentiments, and institutional building of the great moral effect. We want to absorb the essence of Smith's theory of our citizens to fully exercise its moral construction of enlightenment.
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