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Sentimiento moral y razón: la noción de justicia en Adam Smith y Amartya Sen

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Amartya Sen plantea que su noción de justicia tiene como antecedente el pensamiento de Adam Smith. Sen usa de una manera particular los conceptos de la simpatía y del espectador imparcial para elaborar su noción de justicia. Más allá de la afirmación de Sen, estamos interesados en indagar si la noción de justicia de Smith es compatible con la que propone Sen. El principal hallazgo es que hay diferencias significativas entre las teorías y, por tanto, no son compatibles. Smith enfatizó la importancia del juicio moral basado en el sentimiento. Por el contrario, Amartya Sen enfatiza la necesidad de utilizar la razón y el debate público como elementos claves de una teoría de la justicia. ***** Amartya Sen argues that his notion of justice has its origins in the thinking of Adam Smith. Sen employed, in a very particular way, the concepts of sympathy and the impartial spectator. Beyond the statement of Sen, we are interested in researching whether Smith’s notion of justice is compatible with Sen’s. The main finding is that there are significant differences between the theories and therefore they are not compatible. Smith emphasized the importance of moral judgment based on sentiment. Conversely Amartya Sen emphasizes the need to use reason and public debate as key elements of a theory of justice.

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  • Augusto Aleán Pico, 2014. "Sentimiento moral y razón: la noción de justicia en Adam Smith y Amartya Sen," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, August.
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    1. Raphael, D. D., 2009. "The Impartial Spectator: Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199568260.
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    1. Bernardo Vela Orbegozo, 2019. "Poder, Hegemonía, y periferia. Una Aproximación crítica al derecho internacional clásico. Temas de derecho intencional público N°.3," Books, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Facultad de Derecho, number 1118.
    2. Laurie Bréban & Muriel Gilardone, 2019. "A missing touch of Adam Smith in Amartya Sen’s account of Public Reasoning: the Man Within for the Man Without," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS 2019-01-ccr, Condorcet Center for political Economy.
    3. Eric Tremolada Álvarez (editor), 2016. "El Derecho Internacional Y Su Influencia En Las Ciencias Constitucional Y Económica Modernas," Books, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Facultad de Derecho, number 842, July.

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