Varieties of empathy : moral psychology and animal ethics / Elisa Aaltola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aaltola, Elisa, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empathy.

Animals (Philosophy).

Animal rights.

Animal welfare.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

vii, 245 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018.

Summary:

Empathy is a Term Used Increasingly in both moral theory and animal emits, with the suggestion that empathy enhances our moral ability and agency. Yet its precise meaning together with the various obstacles and challenges met by an empathy-based ethic are often left unexplored, such as those concerning the ways in which empathy is prone to bias and may also facilitate manipulation of others. These oversights render the contemporary discussion on empathy and animal ethics vulnerable to both conceptual confusion and moral simplicity. Varieties of Empathy: Moral Psychology and Animal Ethics aims to tackle these problems by clarifying the different and even contradictory ways in which "empathy" can be defined, and by exploring the implications - at times surprising - that various definitions have from the viewpoint of moral agency Its main questions are what types of empathy hinder moral ability, and what types enable us to become more morally capable in our dealings with the nonhuman world. During this contemporary era, when valuable forms of empathy are in decline and the more hazardous, self-regarding and hissed varieties of utilising empathy are increasing, these questions are more important than ever. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Good and Bad Empathy: The Need for Distinctions

2. Projective and Simulative Empathy

Definition

Projection and Anthropomorphism

Simulative Animal Narratives

Projective and Simulative Morality?

3. Cognitive Empathy

Moral Agency or Moral Monstrosity?

Anthropathy

4. Affective Empathy

Hapless Empaths and Desubjectification

Affective Moral Agency

5. Embodied Empathy

From Atomism to Embodied Engagement

Somatic Intersubjectivity

Embodied Moral Agency

6. Reflective Empathy

Cultivation and Attentiveness

7. Criticisms of Empathy

Biased Empathy, Biased Ethics

Empathy versus Reason

Empathy or Anger?

Compassion Fatigue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Aaltola, Elisa, 1976- Varieties of empathy.

ISBN:

9781786606129

9781786606105

1786606100

1786606127

OCLC:

1015259138

Publisher Number:

99976996746