On the Power and Limits of Empathy

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-37524-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 374 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 501 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Camassa, Manuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Manuel Camassa received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.