Adam Smith's? The wealth of nations? Some people think that human nature is selfish. He has a famous saying: "Everyone doesn't need to care about social welfare, and he doesn't know how to promote social welfare. He only needs to care about himself and pursue his own welfare, but in the process of pursuing welfare, he will have an invisible hand and turn his efforts into a promotion of public welfare. This invisible hand will make his selfishness promote the improvement of social welfare. " But Adam Smith has another book? Moral sentiment theory? . This book is about people should have morality. So, what is human nature?
Human nature is selfish, with compassion and love at the same time.
Three viewpoints of Adam Smith
The first point: people are selfish. Those who are not selfish at all, those who don't even love themselves, and those who give up on themselves will not be respected in society.
The second point: people are not only selfish, but also compassionate, that is, they have the ability to put themselves in others' shoes. People regard the happiness of others as a part of their happiness: you are happy, I am happy; You are in pain, and I feel pain. This is a natural ability called "compassion", which everyone has. People are compassionate and caring.
The third view: "People's sympathy decreases rapidly with the distance between people."
Dichotomy of interpersonal communication: the small circle depends on love, and the big world depends on the market.
People are selfish and caring; Love can only be applied to small circles, but not to a wider range, so we can only rely on the market as a platform for strangers to help each other to meet most of our daily needs. Small circles rely on love and sympathy, while the big world relies on markets and rules.
Adam Smith's advice is: don't be confused, don't just care about family and friends, don't care too much about market rules, and don't force strangers to show unrealistic love in the market.
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Does the market economy make people feel weak? Human nature has two sides. In market competition and trading, rationality and selfishness far exceed sensibility and love. On the platform of market trading, profit and income are the first, and rules are more important. Among family and friends, love, consideration and warmth dominate. Therefore, there is no way for the market economy to change human nature. It can only be said that the market economy allows people to see the other side of human nature, and sometimes it may be an enlarged side.
As an individual, after understanding the two sides of human nature, we need to constantly adjust ourselves to adapt ourselves, others and society. Don't ask others to have love and sympathy for you in the workplace, but you need to improve your working ability and increase your irreplaceability. In life, you need to have a state of life, treat your family with warmth and care, treat your lover with loyalty and consideration, and treat your friends with sincerity and enthusiasm.