On the Power and Limits of Empathy.

• Author: Camassa, Manuel.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (371 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: What Is Empathy? -- Chapter 1: A Brief Historical Reconstruction -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Way to a Definition -- 2.1 A Phenomenological View on Empathy -- 2.2 Our Working Definition -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: A Taxonomy of Empathy -- 3.1 Low-Level Empathy -- 3.2 High-Level Empathy -- 3.2.1 A Special Case of High-Level Empathy: Narrative Empathy -- Bibliography -- Part II: Morals Without Empathy? -- Chapter 4: Anti-empathism: Jesse Prinz -- 4.1 Unnecessity of Empathy for Moral Judgement -- 4.2 Unnecessity of Empathy for Moral Development -- 4.3 Unnecessity of Empathy for Moral Motivation and Conduct -- 4.4 Other Intrinsic Shortcomings of Empathy -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Anti-empathism: Paul Bloom -- 5.1 Empathy as a Spotlight -- 5.2 Empathy as Biased -- 5.3 Empathy as Corrosive -- 5.4 Rational Compassion -- Bibliography -- Part III: Moral Judgement -- Chapter 6: Empathy and Moral Judgement -- 6.1 The Epistemic Role of Empathy -- 6.2 The Effects of (Empathic) Lingering -- 6.3 The 'Moralising Power' of Empathy -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Empathy and Moral Perception -- 7.1 Moral Perception in Lawrence Blum -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Overcoming Empathy's Judgemental Biases -- 8.1 Intergroup Bias -- 8.2 A Literary Case -- 8.3 Empathy, Receptivity, and the Disclosure of Values -- 8.4 The Beneficial Effect of Empathy on Moral Judgement -- 8.5 Empathy and Representative Thinking -- 8.6 Is Empathy Intrinsically Biased? -- Bibliography -- Part IV: Moral Development -- Chapter 9: Empathy and Moral Development -- 9.1 Empathy and Imitation -- 9.2 Learning Moral Rules Thanks to Empathy -- 9.3 The Case of the Golden Rule and the Importance of the 'Receptivity' -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10: Moral Education: An Alternative to the Anti-empathic Model.

10.1 The Anti-egocentric Power of Empathy -- 10.2 Empathy and Psychopathy -- 10.3 Empathy and Autism -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: Empathy and the Acquiring of a Caring Perspective -- 11.1 Empathy and Receptivity -- 11.2 The 'Circularity' of Empathy -- 11.3 Developing a Moral Character by Means of Empathy -- 11.4 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Part V: Moral Conduct and Motivation -- Chapter 12: Empathy and Moral Conduct and Motivation -- 12.1 How the Shortcomings of Empathy Are Also Its Strengths -- 12.2 Generalising Empathy -- 12.3 Is Empathy Necessarily Biased? -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13: Empathy and Virtue -- 13.1 Empathy and Phronesis -- 13.2 Empathy with Positive Emotions -- 13.3 Empathy as a Virtue -- 13.4 The Importance of Feeling With -- 13.5 Empathy's Role Within a Rationalist Ethics -- 13.6 Empathy and Moral Perfection -- Bibliography -- Chapter 14: Empathy and the Importance of Affectivity -- 14.1 Empathy and Emotional Perceiving -- 14.2 The Case of Death Penalty: How Empathy Can Change Our Mentality -- 14.3 Empathy and Import -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15: Lack of Empathy and Dehumanisation -- 15.1 The Distancing Method -- 15.2 Shame and Empathy -- 15.3 To See and to Be Seen -- 15.4 Being-with Others -- 15.5 Empathy and Being in the Presence of the Other -- 15.6 Lack of Empathy and the Case of Cruelty and Brutality -- 15.7 The Dangers of (Moral) Indifference -- Bibliography -- Chapter 16: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.