Empathy and Fairness

by Jamie A. Goode

Empathy is the process that allows us to share the feelings and emotions of others, in the absence of any direct emotional stimulation to the self. Humans can feel empathy for other people in a wide array of contexts: for basic emotions and sensation such as anger, fear, sadness, joy, pain and lust as well as for more complex emotions such as guilt, embarrassment and love. It has been proposed that, for most people, empathy is the process that prevents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047002626X
• ISBN13: 9780470026267
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"