The necessary dissonance: simpathy and prosperity in Adam Smith s theory of moral Sentiments

• Grant number: 13/20552-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: January 03, 2014
• End date: January 02, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - Ethics
• Principal Investigator: Maria das Graças de Souza
• Grantee: Alexandre Amaral Rodrigues
• Supervisor: Laurent Jaffro
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/06546-5 - The necessary dissonance: sympathy and prosperity in Adam Smith's 'Theory of Moral Sentiments', BP.DR

Abstract

The research will cope with Adam Smith s philosophical project, taking as its axis the conceptual dialogue between The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. It is intended that the thesis to be released will reinsert the philospher into the scope of the 18th century philosophy. (AU)