David Hume Versus Adam Smith: On the Source of Normativity in Moral Sentimentalism
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2020
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Despite the countless similarities between David Hume's and Adam Smith's moral theories, many people have lately argued that the Theory of Moral Sentiments can be read as a critical response to Hume's ethics. In this paper I contend that the most important difference between these sentimentalist philosophers has to do with the source and nature of morality's normative authority, which in turn determines what is a legitimate moral reason or what is morality properly speaking.
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Adam Smith, David Hume, moral sentimentalism, normative authority, moral reasons, SYMPATHY, POINT