Book contents
- Forms of Fellow Feeling
- Forms of Fellow Feeling
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- I Introduction
- II Empathy, Sympathy and Concern
- III Understanding Empathy
- IV Fellow Feeling and the Development of Prosociality
- V Empathy and Morality
- 10 Is Empathy Required for Making Moral Judgments?
- 11 The Empathy in Moral Obligation
- 12 Empathy and Reciprocating Attitudes
- 13 The Role of Empathy in an Agential Account of Morality: Lessons from Autism and Psychopathy
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 December 2017
Book contents
- Forms of Fellow Feeling
- Forms of Fellow Feeling
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- I Introduction
- II Empathy, Sympathy and Concern
- III Understanding Empathy
- IV Fellow Feeling and the Development of Prosociality
- V Empathy and Morality
- 10 Is Empathy Required for Making Moral Judgments?
- 11 The Empathy in Moral Obligation
- 12 Empathy and Reciprocating Attitudes
- 13 The Role of Empathy in an Agential Account of Morality: Lessons from Autism and Psychopathy
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
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