Sympathie, desir d'améliorer sa condition et penchant à l'échange

Jean Dellemotte ()
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Jean Dellemotte: PHARE - Pôle d'Histoire de l'Analyse et des Représentations Économiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the two anthropological forces of accumulation brought to the fore by Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nation (the "désire of bettering our condition" and the "propensity to barter, truck and exchange") should not be considered as innate propensities of human nature but, on the contrary, as products of social interaction, more precisely of the action of sympathy, This article therefore presents itself as a contribution to the works that have been attempting, for about 25 years, to restore the consistency of the author's thought, by stressing the great complementarity of the différent parts of his works.

Keywords: Adam Smith; Sympathie; Philosophie morale et politique; Economie politique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-04-01
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Published in Cahiers d'Economie Politique = Papers in political economy, 2005, n° 48 (1), pp.51-78. ⟨10.3917/cep.048.0051⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/cep.048.0051

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