Thursday, February 23, 2017

Egoism, Sympathy, We

Compassion, or Sympathy, is a feeling.  The feeling becomes a motivation if it initiates action.  However, such action is unilateral.  In contrast, We signifies a plurality of agents.  Thus, Democracy cannot be based on Compassion.  Similarly, the addition of Sympathy to the Egoism of a member of Smith's society does not create a work crew, an Economic unit which is beyond the scope of either of his behavioral models.

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