Igualdad natural como la base objetiva de los juicios morales: una consideración sobre los sentimientos irregulares del Espectador Imparcial

Álvaro Ledesma Albornoz

doi:10.3989/isegoria.2018.059.06

Authors

Álvaro Ledesma Albornoz Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Philosophisches Seminar - Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Filosofía https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-7027

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2018.059.06

Keywords:

Smith, Equality, Irregularity of Sentiments, Fortune, Remorse

Abstract

In The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith recognizes that in certain occasions even the most impartial of all spectators experience an ‘irregularity of sentiment’ in judging the moral value of an action. An example of this irregularity can be found in cases where, under the influence of fortune, the consequence of the action does not follow directly from the design of the (human) agent. Within this article, the problem presented will be addressed in order to seek the grounds for the validity of the following thesis: the recognition of the natural equality of all moral agents is the objective basis in which all moral judgment must be grounded. Having indicated this, an important question arises: Why does the innocent, who is not unjust but who is the material cause of the factual injury of another, feels a kind of remorse facing the act and somehow feels “guilty”?

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