Jane Addams and the Limits of Sympathy. Failures, Corrections, and Lessons to be Learned

IF 0.1 4区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Livio Mattarollo, Matteo Santarelli
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Abstract

Jane Addams takes sympathetic knowledge as a key concept for her moral and political philosophy. However, regarding the classical objections to sympathy as a foundation for morality and democracy, some theoretical remarks are still needed. In this article we aim at showing that the main problem is not due to the absence but to the qualitative import of sympathy in democratic societies. To achieve this goal, we firstly consider Addams’ idea of sympathetic knowledge in light of the influence of social evolutionary theorizing and her distinction between individual and social ethics. Secondly, we analyze the 1894 Pullman strike and the “newsboy” case, and we argue that failures in sympathy may be corrected by a horizontal process. As a result, we consider them not only as failures but mainly as lessons to be learned towards democracy as a rule of living.

简-亚当斯与同情的局限。失败、纠正和应吸取的教训
简-亚当斯将同情知识作为其道德和政治哲学的关键概念。然而,对于同情作为道德和民主基础的经典反对意见,我们仍然需要一些理论上的论述。本文旨在说明,主要问题不在于民主社会中同情的缺失,而在于同情的质量。为了实现这一目标,我们首先从社会进化论的影响以及亚当斯对个人伦理和社会伦理的区分出发,探讨了她的同情知识思想。其次,我们分析了 1894 年普尔曼罢工和 "报童 "事件,并认为同情的失败可以通过横向过程得到纠正。因此,我们认为这两起事件不仅是失败,更主要的是在将民主作为一种生活规则方面应吸取的教训。
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