The Empathetic Emotions in the History of Philosophy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 10 June 2025
- ISBN 9780192856722
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 243x163x23 mm
- Weight 602 g
- Language English 729
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Short description:
This volume is concerned with theories of emotions that can be described as empathetic ones, either because they presuppose the human capacity for empathy or because they are essential to how empathy operates. Explores how philosophers have understood these emotions throughout the history of philosophy.
MoreLong description:
Empathy is widely discussed, both in philosophy and more generally. One might ask what empathy itself is and how it relates to specific emotions, such as sympathy. This volume is concerned with theories of emotions that can be described as empathetic, either because they presuppose the human capacity for empathy or because they are essential to how empathy operates. By exploring how Western philosophers-from Ancient Greece up to the twentieth century-have understood these emotions, it becomes possible not only to gain a deeper understanding of certain empathetic emotions and their relation to the concept of empathy, but to also see how these emotions are placed within a broader moral, social, or religious context. Taking into account this context is essential when it comes to engaging with a number of compelling questions. Does sympathy provide an adequate basis for a theory of human sociability and fellowship? What roles do compassion and pity play in our moral lives, and in the formation of the practical identities of human beings? Can the altruistic character and concern for others that is traditionally ascribed to certain emotions be reconciled with competing values like self-love and the self-directedness of its concerns? Empathetic Emotions in the History of Philosophy provides answers to these important questions.
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Introduction
The Early History of âNaturalâ Sympathy: Contagious Affect and Universal Kinship in the Hellenistic Mediterranean
Between Inhumane Detachment and the Darker Sides of Empathy: Stoicism on the Empathetic Emotions (including Pity)
Towards âa merely excusable lifeâ: Reason, Imagination, and the Empathic Emotions in Montaigneâs Ethics
The Empathetic Emotions in Seventeenth-Century France: Descartes and Malebranche on Pity and Compassion
From Evil, Useless Pity to Active Empathy or generositas: Empathetic Emotions in Spinozaâs Ethics
Hume on Sympathy, Humanity, and the Passions
Rousseau on the Natural Goodness of Pity
Adam Smith, Political Stability, and the Pull of Sympathy
Sophie de Grouchy on Sympathy, Economic Inequality, and the Corruption of Moral Sentiments
Kant on Reason, Feeling, and Human Caring
Schopenhauerâs Ethics of Compassion: Pantheistic not Pessimistic
The Connection between Love and Compassion in Kierkegaardâs Works of Love
Envisioning Others without Pretence: Husserl and Stein on the Irreducibility, Complexity, and Value of Empathy
Education Towards Empathy: Adornoâs Theory of Coldness Reconstructed
Simone Weil and the Empathetic Emotions
