ABSTRACT
New Essays on Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy proves to be an interesting contribution to the debate concerning Adam Smith's ethics. Despite the evolution of Smith's approach, Maria Pia Paganelli proves her point, namely that the issue of the need for approbation can be regarded as a meeting point of Smith's major works. Dogan Gocmen presents an argument based on the widely discussed Smith Problem. Gocmen highlights the very interesting perspectives of two different traditions: one is Cartesian, which is based on the 'Cogito-principle' and the other is undertaking the 'mirror-principle'. Apart from mentioning the necessity of remembering the role of the situation and the importance of social experience, Gocmen incorporates the idea of mutual sympathy, regarded as a social need, into his line of argument. Such a view would support the idea that receiving sympathy causes pleasure, which at the same time explains the will to make an effort and put oneself in the other person's shoes.
