4. De l’intérêt égoïste à l’empathie

The article attempts to show that the concept of sympathy, taken from Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments, allows us to distinguish between the purely egoistic interest (‘selfishness’) of the homo œconomicus theories (which we describe as ‘autistic’) and an interest in oneself (‘self-love’), wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emmanuel Blanc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/4449