On the Power and Limits of Empathy / by Manuel Camassa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camassa, Manuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Philosophy of mind.

Moral development.

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

Moral Psychology.

Moral Development.

Local Subjects:

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

Moral Psychology.

Moral Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Summary:

This book has two main objectives. The first is to identify and adequately describe the phenomenon of empathy. This essentially means offering a strong, reasoned and accurate description of the phenomenon of empathy in order to capture the essence of the empathic phenomenon and clearly distinguish it from other similar emotional phenomena such as sympathy or compassion The second part focuses on the role that this phenomenon can play on the ethical-moral level. The question is whether empathy is necessary or at least important for morality, and if so, to what extent, in what way and for what reasons. This is an open access book.

Contents:

Part 1: What is Empathy?

1: A Brief Historical Reconstruction

2: The Way to a Definition

3: A Taxonomy of Empathy

4: Conclusions to Part 1

Part 2: Empathy and Morality

5: Anti-Empathism

6: The Bright Side of Empathy

7: Conclusions.

ISBN:

9783031375224

303137522X

OCLC:

1409707027