Empathy and its Limits

Empathy and its Limits
Author: Aleida Assmann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137552379
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This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy, but in focusing also on the limits of pro-social feelings and the mechanisms that lead to its blocking.


Empathy and its Limits
Language: en
Pages: 195

Empathy and its Limits

Authors: Aleida Assmann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-26 - Publisher: Springer

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This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy,
Against Empathy
Language: en
Pages: 190

Against Empathy

Authors: Paul Bloom
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-06 - Publisher: HarperCollins

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New York Post Best Book of 2016 We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest poli
The Moral Dimensions of Empathy
Language: en
Pages: 213

The Moral Dimensions of Empathy

Authors: J. Oxley
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-02 - Publisher: Springer

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Does empathy help us to be moral? The author argues that empathy is often instrumental to meeting the demands of morality as defined by various ethical theories
Empathy (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Language: en
Pages: 144

Empathy (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Authors: Harvard Business Review
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-18 - Publisher: Harvard Business Press

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Empathy is credited as a factor in improved relationships and even better product development. But while it’s easy to say “just put yourself in someone else
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Language: en
Pages: 834

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Authors: Steven Pinker
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-25 - Publisher: Penguin Books

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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling autho