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Frazer Michael L. Enlightenment thinkers of the eighteenth century were committed to the ideal of reflective autonomy-the principle that each of us should think for ourselves, particularly when determining moral and political standards. In keeping with that era's reputation as "the age of reason," many interpreted autonomy in a distinctively rationalist way-privileging reflective reason over all other mental faculties. However, other leading philosophers of the era-such as David Hume, Adam Smith, and .

Michael Frazer's The Enlightenment of Sympathy corrects a widely entrenched but nonetheless benighted reading of the Enlightenment

Michael Frazer's The Enlightenment of Sympathy corrects a widely entrenched but nonetheless benighted reading of the Enlightenment. Frazer shows how the sentimentalist branch of the enlightenment anticipates much recent scholarship, both philosophical and neuroscientific, on the essential role of emotion. This precise and deft project of recovery should be read by anyone who wishes to be enthused by this superbly argued prophetic endeavor. George E. Marcus, Professor of Political Science, Williams College, and author of The Sentimental Citizen).

The Enlightenment of Sympathy book.

The Enlightenment is commonly referred to as 'The Age of Reason. The term signifies the triumph of rationalism over emotionalism and sentiment in the late eighteenth century. Rationalists, the most famous of whom was Kant, posited a mind that was hierarchically arranged, with reason sitting atop of the passions. Yet as Michael Frazer argues, there were in fact two enlightenments-the sentimentalist enlightenment and the rationalist one-and the Enlightenment of Sympathy reclaims the importance of the former.

By Michael L. Frazer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

The Enlightenment of Sympathy : Justice and the Moral Sentiments in the Eighteenth Century and Today. By (author) Michael L.

The third section shows that the spectra of ways of desiring mutual sympathy can be used to explain the kind of sincere, motivating attachment to morality characteristic of fully developed Smithian moral agents. 17th/18th Century Philosophy.

Oxford University Press (2010). The third section shows that the spectra of ways of desiring mutual sympathy can be used to explain the kind of sincere, motivating attachment to morality characteristic of fully developed Smithian moral agents. Empathy and Sympathy in Normative Ethics.

Instead, they saw moral and political reflection as the proper work of the mind as a whole Although known as the age of reason, the eighteenth century wa. .

Instead, they saw moral and political reflection as the proper work of the mind as a whole. Without emotion, imagination and the imaginative sharing of emotion then known as sympathy, we would be incapable of developing the moral sentiments which are the basis of our commitment to justice and virtue. This book seeks to reclaim the sentimentalist theory of reflection as a resource for enriching social science, normative theory, and political practice today. Although known as the age of reason, the eighteenth century was actually an era in which many leading moral and political philosophers placed equal emphasis on feeling.

Автор: Michael L. Frazer Название: The Enlightenment of Sympathy: Justice and . By reclaiming this equally important strand of enlightenment thought, Frazer not only offers a corrective to the dominant narrative of the Enlightenment political thought.

By reclaiming this equally important strand of enlightenment thought, Frazer not only offers a corrective to the dominant narrative of the Enlightenment political thought.