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Smithian Sentimentalism Anticipated: Pufendorf on the Desire for Esteem and Moral Conduct
2018
In this paper, we argue that Samuel Pufendorf's works on natural law contain a sentimentalist theory of morality that is Smithian in its moral psychology. Pufendorf's account of how ordinary people make moral judgements and come to act sociably is surprisingly similar to Smith's. Both thinkers maintain that the human desire for esteem, manifested by resentment and gratitude, informs people of the content of central moral norms and can motivate them to act accordingly. Finally, we suggest that given Pufendorf's theory of socially imposed moral entities, he has all the resources for a sentimentalist theory of morality.
Czy Peirce był konserwatystą?
2015
The main aim of this paper is to consider from different points of view the thesis of a conservative character of Peirce’s thought. The paper consists of two parts. In the first part, arguments for Peirce’s conservatism are presented. They are of two kinds: inner ones (Peirce’s own declarations) and outer ones (a comparison of Peirce’s view o the views of two other classical pragmatists: James and Dewey). The second part of the paper is devoted to counterarguments – the main one is the fact that Peirce is an author of the conception of an unlimited community of inquirers. This conception was an inspiration to the vision of the world and social activities which were perceived as unambiguousl…
Od bowaryzmu do globus histericus: głód idealnej miłości jako efekt edukacji kobiet w XIX wieku
2020
A woman made unhappy by her dreams of an ideal love is the main character of two novels belonging to the Realist/Positivist movement: Gustave Flauberts’s Madame Bovary (1857) and Eliza Orzeszkowa’s On the Niemen (1888). Emma Bovary and Emilia Korczyńska have been educated according to the same sentimental pattern; they both have an undue feeling of being much more sublime than their milieu where they cannot find a man of their dreams. This makes them suffer and drift apart from real life.