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The Value of Empathy (Hardcover)
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The Value of Empathy (Hardcover)
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The Value of Empathy explores various approaches to understanding
empathy and investigates its moral and practical role. The central
role of empathy in understanding others, and the need for it in our
social and inter-personal encounters, is widely acknowledged by
philosophers, social scientists and psychologists alike.
Discussions of empathy abound, not only in more specialised
academic publications, but also in traditional and social media.
Yet neither a clear understanding, nor a uniform definition of this
relatively new term is available. Indeed, one difficulty in
discussing empathy, in philosophy and beyond, is the profusion of
definitions; the difficulty is compounded by a lack of clarity in
the distinction between empathy and cognate concepts such as
sympathy and compassion. This book has two aims: Chapters 1-5 seek
to address the dual concerns of the lack of clarity and profusion
of interpretations by suggesting new ways of approaching the topic.
The second aim of the book is to connect the more abstract
discussions of empathy with its normative functions. Chapters 6-8
engage with the theoretical concerns relevant to the ethics of
empathy and raise interesting points about its significance in
ethical thought and action. The final four chapters focus on the
practical normative significance of empathy by examining the
connections between empathy, vulnerability and care in
circumstances of ill health. The chapters in this book were
originally published in the International Journal of Philosophical
Studies.
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