El papel de la imaginación en la refutación de Adam Smith a la tesis del "Homo economicus"

• Garrido, José de la Cruz ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad del Desarrollo

     Universidad del Desarrollo

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Ideas y valores: Revista Colombiana de Filosofía, ISSN-e 0120-0062, Vol. 64, Nº. 159, 2015, págs. 169-194
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.15446/ideasyvalores.v64n159.41646
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The role of the imagination in Adam Smith’s refutation of the "Homo Economicus" thesis
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    La filosofía moral de Adam Smith se fundamenta en el papel de la imaginación para explicar el orden social en un nivel macro, y como mecanismo de identificación afectiva en un nivel micro. En ambos casos, el rol de la imaginación en nuestra psicología moral refuta la tesis de un homo economicus, o de que el ser humano está motivado a entrar en sociedad por su interés personal. Esto sirve de premisa para refutar la posición hobbesiana de un estado de naturaleza histórico que está en la base de nuestros juicios morales que fundan la sociedad civil y la necesidad del magistrado.

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    Adam Smith’s moral philosophy is grounded in the role of the imagination in explaining the social order at a macro level and as a mechanism for affective identification at the micro level. In both cases, the role of the imagination in our moral psychology refutes the homo economicus thesis according to which human beings are motivated to enter into society due to personal interests. This premise serves to refute the Hobbesian position of a historical state of nature that underlies the moral judgments grounding civil society and the need for a magistrate.

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