Empathy and morality

Empathy and morality

by Maibom, Heidi Lene

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Empathy's centrality to morality is heavily debated. Many religious and philosophical traditions have favoured empathy, sympathy, or compassion as key to moral thought, conduct, or motivation. This collection brings together original papers in philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and neuroscience to give a comprehensive overview of the issue, and includes an extensive survey of empathy and empathy-related emotions. It is distinctive in focusing on the moral import of empathy and sy…

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  • Full title :Empathy and morality / Heidi L. Maibom.

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Empathy's centrality to morality is heavily debated. Many religious and philosophical traditions have favoured empathy, sympathy, or compassion as key to moral thought, conduct, or motivation. This collection brings together original papers in philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and neuroscience to give a comprehensive overview of the issue, and includes an extensive survey of empathy and empathy-related emotions. It is distinctive in focusing on the moral import of empathy and sympathy.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199372843, 0199372845
  • oclc:ocn941501615
  • LC Classification:BJ1475
  • Dewey Decimal:177.7

Subjects

Caring Empathie Empathy empathy Ethics ethics (philosophy) Humanité (Morale) Morale

Writers

Maibom, Heidi Lene

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