In this article we will show that according to Adam Smith, virtue and commerce stimulate each other mechanically accumulatively. Although might think they are opposing questions because commercial activity pursues profit not virtue, see Smith only reconciles both question, but also shows complementary, one requires the reinforces it. To demonstrate this, begin by treating own nature of mechanis...

The writer explores Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, where Smith presents a rich and provocative account of morality. The writer offers an explication of Smith's moral psychology as a stage theory of moral development, with the intention of generating critical points on both mattes of detail and larger implications.

Frans de Waal's view that empathy is at the basis of morality directly seems to build on Darwin, who considered sympathy as the crucial instinct. Yet when we look closer, their understanding of the central social instinct differs considerably. De Waal sees our deeply ingrained tendency to sympathize (or rather: empathize) with others as the good side of our morally dualistic nature. For Darwin,...