The Moral Psychology of Compassion
Justin Caouette · Carolyn Price
mar. 2018 · Rowman & Littlefield
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Compassion is widely regarded as an important moral emotion – a fitting response to various cases of suffering and misfortune. Yet contemporary theorists have rarely given it sustained attention. This volume aims to fill this gap by offering answers to a number of questions surrounding this emotion. These questions include: What is the nature of compassion? How does compassion differ from other emotions, such as empathy, pity, or gratitude? Is compassion a virtue? Can we have too much compassion? How does compassion influence other mental states (desires, motivations, beliefs, and intentions) and behaviour? How is compassion influenced by the environment? Must compassion be deserved? Can one be moral while lacking the capacity for compassion?
Compassion, like other emotions, has many facets – biological, social, psychological and neural, among others. The contributors to this volume will draw on a variety of disciplines and methods in order to develop a more systematic and comprehensive understanding of this often-neglected moral emotion.
Compassion, like other emotions, has many facets – biological, social, psychological and neural, among others. The contributors to this volume will draw on a variety of disciplines and methods in order to develop a more systematic and comprehensive understanding of this often-neglected moral emotion.
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Justin Caouette is Lecturer in Philosophy at Northeastern and Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. He is the co-editor of ‘Free Will and Moral Responsibility’ (2013 CSP) and his research has been published in the American Journal of Bioethics- Neuroscience, Southwest Philosophy Review, and numerous edited volumes. Regarding media contacts, Caouette has a large following on Twitter as well as an active presence in the philosophical blogosphere. He plans to highlight this book in multiple online forums.
Carolyn Price is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University. She is the author of Emotion (Polity 2015) and Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content (OUP 2001), She has published in a range of journals, including Inquiry, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Nous, and Philosophical Studies.
Carolyn Price is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University. She is the author of Emotion (Polity 2015) and Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content (OUP 2001), She has published in a range of journals, including Inquiry, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Nous, and Philosophical Studies.
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