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| Community: this concept refers to a group of people who share common characteristics, interests, or geographic proximity and interact with each other, often forming social bonds, norms, and a sense of belonging._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Adam Smith on Community - Dictionary of Arguments
Otteson I 17 Community/Adam Smith/Otteson: When once brought into society, [a] person would begin the process that for most of us began in childhood, which Smith calls "the great school of self-command" (TMS(1): 145). Intersubjectivity: It is upon being judged by others, and having the pleasant or unpleasant (as the case may be) experience of realizing that we enjoyed a sympathy or antipathy of sentiments with others, that we begin striving to consciously direct our own behavior to achieve more of the former and less of the latter. Only then do we begin developing and exercising the virtue Smith describes as "not only itself a great virtue, but from it all the other virtues seem to derive their principal lustre" (TMS(1): 241 ) - namely, "self-command," or controlling our behavior so that it comports with others' expectations and judgments. Only then do we begin the long process of becoming fully moral agents. Being in the company of others is, therefore, necessary not only because it might enable us to become wealthy - more on that later - but in the first instance because it enables us to become moral. Recognition/love: The second important aspect of Smith's account relates to his claim about what he calls our desire "not only to be loved, but to be lovely," "to be that thing which is the natural and proper Object of love" (TMS(1): 113). Even further, Smith argues that we "desire both to be respectable and to be respected" (TMS(1): 62). >Recognition, >Sympathy/Adam Smith, >Judment/Adam Smith, >Ideal observer/Adam Smith, >Stages of Development/Adam Smith, >Generalization/Adam Smith, >Understanding /Adam Smith. 1. Smith, Adam (1982) [1759]. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie, eds. Liberty Fund._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconSmith I Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments London 2010 EconSmithV I Vernon L. Smith Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological Forms Cambridge 2009 Otteson I James R. Otteson The Essential Adam Smith Vancouver: Fraser Institute. 2018 |
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