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Empathy and Moral Development Implications for Caring and Justice

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ISBN-10: 052101297X

ISBN-13: 9780521012973

Edition: 2002

Authors: Martin L. Hoffman

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Combining the behavioural, cognitive and emotional dimensions of prosocial moral development, this text concentrates on empathy and its contributions to altruism and compassion for others in physical, psychological or economic distress.
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Book details

List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/12/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction and Overview
Innocent Bystander
Empathy, Its Arousal, and Prosocial Functioning
Development of Empathic Distress
Empathic Anger, Sympathy, Guilt, Feeling of Injustice
Transgression
Guilt and Moral Internalization
From Discipline to Internalization
Virtual Transgression
Relationship Guilt and Other Virtual Guilts
Is Empathy Enough?
Empathy's Limitations: Over-Arousal and Bias
Empathy and Moral Principles
Interaction and Bonding of Empathy and Moral Principles
Development of Empathy-Based Justice Principles
Multiple-Claimant and Caring-Versus-Justice Dilemmas
Culture
The Universality and Culture Issue
Intervention
Implications for Socialization and Moral Education
References
Author Index
Subject Index