亚当·斯密的同情观及其当代启示

Adam Smith's Views on Sympathy and Its Significance In Modern Times

亚当·斯密秉承苏格兰启蒙运动以来的情感主义思潮,主张从人的情感禀赋出发探寻道德伦理的基础。作为天性的同情感,既是道德情感和道德行为的产生基础,也是道德评价和道德品质的合宜标准。斯密将同情作为学说的逻辑起点,既是其伦理思考的重要特色,又对今后道德哲学的发展产生了深远影响,同时也为当今中国进行道德治理提供了重要的借鉴价值。

Adam Smith,adhere to the Emotionalism since the Scottish Enlightenment,sought to investigate the basis of moral ethics from the perspective of human＇s emotional endowments.As an instinct,sympathy is not only the foundation of moral emotion and moral behavior but also the standard of moral quality evaluation.Adam Smith took sympathy as the logical starting point of his theory,which is the significant feature of his theory.It not only has profound impacts on the development of moral philosophy,but also is valuable for China＇s moral governance.