Being me being you : Adam Smith and empathy / Samuel Fleischacker.
| Author/creator | Fleischacker, Samuel author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Varieties of Empathy -- 2. Smithian Empathy -- 3. Updating Smith -- 4. Empathy and Culture -- 5. Empathy and Affectional Ties -- 6. Utilitarianism and the Limits of Empathy -- 7. Empathy and the Limits of Utilitarianism (I) -- 8. Empathy and the Limits of Utilitarianism (II) -- 9. Empathy and Demonization -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Abstract | Modern notions of empathy often celebrate its ability to bridge divides, to unite humankind. But how do we square this with the popular view that we can never truly comprehend the experience of being someone else? In this book, Samuel Fleischacker delves into the work of Adam Smith to draw out an understanding of empathy that respects both personal difference and shared humanity. After laying out a range of meanings for the concept of empathy, Fleischacker proposes that what Smith called "sympathy" is very much what we today consider empathy. Smith's version has remarkable value, as his empathy calls for entering into the perspective of another-a uniquely human feat that connects people while still allowing them to define their own distinctive standpoints. After discussing Smith's views in relation to more recent empirical and philosophical studies, Fleischacker shows how turning back to Smith promises to enrich, clarify, and advance our current debates about the meaning and uses of empathy |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fleischacker, Samuel. Being Me Being You : Adam Smith and Empathy. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2019 9780226661759 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 022666192X (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9780226661926 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Stock number | org.bibliovault.9780226661926 BiblioVault |
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