| Description |
1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- EMPATHIC CONCERN -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Empathy Controversy -- 1. A Definition-and a Measure -- 2. Distinguishing Empathic Concern from Personal Distress -- 3. Distinguishing It from Other Things Called Empathy -- 4. Necessary Conditions for Feeling Empathic Concern -- 5. Empathic Concern's Evolutionary Roots -- 6. Varieties of Empathic Concern -- 7. Motivational Consequences: The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis -- 8. Behavioral Consequences: Interpersonal Benefits -- 9. Behavioral Consequences: Interpersonal Liabilities |
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10. Behavioral Consequences: Intergroup Benefits -- 11. Behavioral Consequences: Intergroup Liabilities -- 12. Realizing the Potential of Empathic Concern -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book provides an evidence-based review of developments in our understanding of empathic concern over the past five decades, clarifying what empathic concern is (and isn't), where it comes from, what its forms are, its motivational consequences, and its importance in interpersonal and intergroup relations. Rather than lauding empathic concern as a panacea or castigating it as a problem, the evidence supports a more nuanced view: Empathic concern has benefits but also liabilities, and its benefits can be realized only if we recognize and address its liabilities. The evidence-based review al |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197610930 |
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0197610935 |
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