An Analysis Of Adam Smith's Sympathy Thinking

Adam smith is not only the 18th century western famous classical economics and it is a famous moral philosopher. Adam Smith's sympathetic thought has the multiple significances in his system of ideology.The sympathy, in Adam Smith's moral philosophy system is the core of moral judgment, moreover also played the maintenance social order role. In the economic ethics domain, the sympathy is the Adam Smith's economic ethics epistemology foundation and the economic ethics basis. At the same time, the sympathy provided an unique perspective to the solution of "the Adam Smith question". Therefore, it is very important to study the thought of Adam Smith's sympathize and analysis the value and significance of the thought of Adam Smith's sympathizes.This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter mainly elaborated the introduction of the first set out in the eighteenth century england Adam smith's life, because of the individual talent creates a direct relationship. Second, Adam smith want to study the situation, including domestic and international academics to Adam smith love of study, analysis and study its ideas the torturous business of defining relationships Both foreign and abroad to Adam smith as a moral philosopher or economist of a single research situation, in the process "Adam smith," it was reasonable solution. Finally, the meaning of this article, Adam smith the era of their ideas with China today is very similar to that Adam smith sympathy for us to solve ideological modern society is ethically and "spiritual vacuum".The second chapter mainly elaborated the main Adam smith and ideas and the formation of an era and theoretical. Adam smith in sympathy with the moral philosophy as a moral judgment, egocentric people have finally put a bridle his desire. This applied to the moral sentiment is a unique way of thinking was with the political, economic and cultural and the creation, is inseparable with the development of capitalism. However, the sentiment of sympathy and Adam smith was not original, Adam smith major review and take her boots as sand, hutchison with David Hume and thinker of the results. Adam smith in the absorption and a summary of the fruits of predecessors theory based on developed his theory of sympathy.The third chapter mainly analysed the Adam smith ideas, feelings of sympathy and the meaning and function. Adam smith think for the core of moral judgment is a natural feeling, as this ability is neither from the basis of "push himself and man" or "for the same with pain and heart", not a random basis of moral judgement, but a neutral psychological phenomena is the situation of cognitive, it generates not only to help our own imagination, Through empathic thinking of the need to achieve, with specific circumstances. Sympathy is Adam smith's moral philosophy theory is playing the role of organizing the moral philosophy, ethics assessment tools, on this basis, and compassion to become a social order and social norms of emotional foundation, and thus contribute to maintain social order. Adam smith love or the capitalist economic theory with the new code of ethics theory.The fourth chapter mainly elaborated the value of sympathetic thought, flaws and the important significances. Firstly, Adam Smith's sympathetic thought has criticized the rationalism ethics and has developed the emotion principle ethics; It also made people to have much passions to research the moral psychology and guided the economic game theory. Secondly, Adam Smith's sympathetic thought is the capitalism product, inevitable it has the social class limitation. Finally, the historical characteristics of Adam Smith's sympathetic thought has many similarities with the Chinese current situation, so Adam Smith's sympathetic thought has practical significance to the contemporary Chinese moral reconstruction, the sympathetic theory is advantageous to the individual morals autonomy, and is also advantageous to construct the morals system of law and harmonious society.