A Puzzle about Empathy

Emotion Review 3 (3):378-280 (2011)
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Abstract

Is empathy important for moral behavior? To answer this we will have to be conceptually clearer, empirically more detailed, and pay attention to the neural mechanisms underlying empathy-related phenomena.

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Empathy, Mind, and Morals.Alvin I. Goldman - 1992 - Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 66 (3):17-41.
Autism, empathy and moral agency.Jeanette Kennett - 2002 - Philosophical Quarterly 52 (208):340-357.
Empathy, mind, and morals.A. I. Goldman - 2014 - The American Philosophical Association Centennial Series 10:79-103.

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