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1 The Empathy-Morality Connection |
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1.3 Moral dimensions of empathy |
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2.1 Empathy as emotional contagion |
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2.2 Empathy as imaginative perspective-taking |
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2.2.2 Self-focused imagination |
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2.2.3 Other-focused imagination |
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2.2.4 Dual-perspective imagination (combination mode) |
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2.3 From imaginative perspective-taking to empathy |
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2.4 A functional account of empathy |
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Part II The Moral Dimensions of Empathy |
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3 The Epistemic Functions of Empathy |
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3.1 Illustration of the epistemic and normative dimensions of empathy |
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3.2 Modes of empathic arousal |
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3.3 Empathy's epistemic functions |
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3.3.1 First function: Gathering information about the other person |
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3.3.2 Second function: Understanding others |
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3.4 Conditions on empathy's epistemic function |
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3.5 Normative and epistemic functions limit each other |
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3.6 The personal nature of empathetic knowledge |
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4 Empathy, Altruism and Normative Ethics |
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4.1 Empirical research on the consequences of empathy |
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4.2 Interpretation of the empirical data |
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4.3 Problems with using this research in normative ethics |
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4.4 Empathy and moral obligation |
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Part III Empathy and Ethical Theory |
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5 Empathy and Moral Deliberation |
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5.1 The salience effect, empathetic deliberation, and moral deliberation |
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5.2 Empathetic moral deliberation in contemporary normative ethics |
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5.3 Empathetic moral deliberation in Kant's impartialist ethics |
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5.4 Empathetic bias and empathetic deliberation |
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5.5 Empathetic deliberation is not just hypothetical deliberation |
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6 Empathy, Contractual Ethics, and Justification |
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6.1 Contract theories and public justification |
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6.2 The elements of social contract theory |
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6.3 The nature of contractual deliberation |
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6.4 Kinds of empathetic deliberation modeled in social contracts |
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6.4.1 Rawls' theory of justice |
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6.4.2 Gauthier's contractarian ethics |
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6.4.3 Harsanyi's equiprobability model |
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6.5 Empathetic deliberation, public justification and interpersonal justification |
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6.6 Empathy and justificatory reasons |
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Part IV Practical Implications |
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7 Empathy and Moral Education |
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7.1 Teachable types of empathy |
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7.1.1 Others-focused empathy |
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132 | (2) |
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7.1.2 Self-focused empathy |
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7.1.4 Non-perspective-taking empathy |
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7.1.5 Avoiding passive empathy |
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7.2 How empathy is taught |
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7.2.1 Induction or inductive discipline |
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7.2.2 Rational, straightforward education |
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7.3 The contexts for teaching empathy |
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7.3.1 Empathy in the context of care and concern |
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7.3.2 Empathy in the context of the compassionate virtues |
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7.3.3 Empathy in the context of diversity and multiculturalism |
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7.3.4 Empathy in the context of socialization and behavior modification |
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7.4 Developing the capacity for empathy |
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7.4.1 Factors contributing to empathy development |
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7.4.2 Caveats to empathy development |
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7.4.3 Failures of empathy |
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8 Conclusion: Implications for Feminist Ethics |
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8.2 Practical implications: Empathy and gender |
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153 | (3) |
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8.3 Empathy and feminist ethics |
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Notes |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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