If legal norms and the ascription of rights are to achieve their purposes, they must receive public support. What, then, can provide the foundation for a sense of belonging, and make a reality of legal equality in a multicultural society? How can a sense of belonging to the society as a whole be achieved among all of its members? Ishimatsu's answer is sympathy understood as 'fellow-feeling'. The absence of this social sentiment as thoroughly formulated by Adam Smith in the eighteenth century is a cause of problems in contemporary multicultural society. Sympathy, which takes the form of a moderate sentiment towards others, is needed to cement a multicultural society and make possible the full realisation of its legal and official goals.
Sympathy as a foundation of multicultural society. A dialogue with Adam Smith
| Titolo | Sympathy as a foundation of multicultural society. A dialogue with Adam Smith |
| Autore | Ishimatsu Hiroyuki |
| Argomento | Scienze umane Filosofia |
| Collana | Ricerca filosofica, 5 |
| Editore | Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura |
| Formato |
Libro |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Pagine | 352 |
| Pubblicazione | 07/1905 |
| ISBN | 9788893590662 |