https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-Correspondence-of-Sentiments https://booksandideas.net/The-Correspondence-of-Sentiments 2026-05-12T09:14:20Z text/html en Vincent Boyer Philosophy sympathy moral philosophy <p>Can morality be grounded in the sense of sympathy? According to Adam Smith, sympathy with the sentiments of others is precisely what allows for self-command, a cardinal virtue that enables us to act from a sense of duty.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Is-It-Human-Nature-to-Be-Good https://booksandideas.net/Is-It-Human-Nature-to-Be-Good 2012-05-30T04:46:34Z text/html en Solange Chavel Philosophy ethics naturalism sympathy Institut français <p>Where does ones moral compass come from, nature or nurture? Successfully avoiding all reductionism, Vanessa Nurock reflects on the natural origins of ethics, using both the history of philosophy and empirical research on psychology and cognitive science to present her argument.</p>