The Dark Sides of Empathy |
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| Author:
| Breithaupt, Fritz |
| Translator:
| Hamilton, Andrew B. B. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-2164-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $48.99 |
Book Description:
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Many consider empathy to be the basis of moral action. However, the ability to empathize with others is also a prerequisite for deliberate acts of humiliation and cruelty. In The Dark Sides of Empathy, Fritz Breithaupt contends that people often commit atrocities not out of a failure of empathy but rather as a direct consequence of...
Many consider empathy to be the basis of moral action. However, the ability to empathize with others is also a prerequisite for deliberate acts of humiliation and cruelty. In The Dark Sides of Empathy, Fritz Breithaupt contends that people often commit atrocities not out of a failure of empathy but rather as a direct consequence of...