Towards an Ethics of Empathy : Morality and the Recognition of Otherness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marchesini, Roberto.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empathy.

Other (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2025.

Summary:

This book examines the complex interplay between morality and the recognition of otherness. It explores ethical behavior through the lenses of narrow morality (restraint) and broad morality (action), emphasizing the need to evaluate moral relevance based on the qualities of otherness. The book aims to challenge anthropocentric frameworks, and understand otherness by avoiding both identification and alienation. The work examines the ethical dimensions of animality, emphasizing shared ontological foundations (metapredicates) and the heteronomous dependence of all species. Central to this exploration is the recognition of animal subjectivity. Traditional ethical models, including Maslow's hierarchy, are also revisited by addressing not only suffering but also the diverse expressions of pleasure across species. The book advocates an ethics of empathy that integrates affective engagement with cognitive rigor, fostering a balanced moral approach toward non-human entities based on a sentimental education that bridges ethical theory and empathetic action.

Contents:

Towards an Ethics of Empathy: Morality and the Recognition of Otherness

by Roberto Marchesini

Foreword

Chapter 1 Different Levels of Ethical Behaviour

Abstract

Introduction

1.1 The Relationship Between Science and Ethics

1.2 Expanded Morality and Restricted Morality

1.2.1 The Ethics of Care

1.2.2. Virtue Ethics

1.2.3. Capability Ethics

Chapter 2 Otherness and Moral Requirement

2.1 Recognizing Animal Otherness

2.2 The Nature of Animal Otherness

2.2.1 Otherness as Species Belonging

2.2.2 Otherness as Individuality

2.3 Otherness as Encounter

Chapter 3 From Sympathy to Empathy

3.1 On the Principle of Sympathy

3.1.1 Sympathy as Universal Attraction

3.1.2 The Concept of Sympathy in David Hume and Adam Smith

3.2 The General Principles of Empathy

Chapter 4 The Obstacle of Anthropocentrism

4.1 The Anthropocentric Perspective Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Marchesini, Roberto Towards an Ethics of Empathy

ISBN:

9781837111763

OCLC:

1531319844