abstract
- © 2018 Pontificio Seminario Mayor San Rafael. All Rights Reserved. The corruption scandals unveiled during the last three years in Latin America, in addition to reflecting the way in which corruption moves the gears of the institutions and business organizations, can be considered as one of the main triggers of the aporophobia (rejection, hatred of the poor) and moral blindness (inability to identify the condition of vulnerability of others) that afflicts our societies. Considering the springs that activate both phenomena, this article explores the possibilities that smithian sympathy has to deactivate them, as well as its social contribution in the fight against corruption that any country could undertake.