Forms of Fellow Feeling

Neil Roughley is Chair for Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics at the University of Duisburg–Essen. His systematic areas of specialisation lie in ethics, action theory, philosophical psychology and the theory of human nature. His historical interests concern the classical figures of ethical sentimentalism, particularly Adam Smith and David Hume, as well as the history of action theory. He is the author of Wanting and Intending. Elements of a Philosophy of Practical Mind (2015) and co-editor of the German-language volume Wollen. Seine Bedeutung, seine Grenzen (2015). Roughley also co-edited On Moral Sentimentalism (2015) with Thomas Schramme. Thomas Schramme is Chair in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. His background is in philosophy, but he has often worked in interdisciplinary projects. He has published widely in the philosophy of medicine and psychiatry, mainly on the concepts of health and disease. He also specialises in moral psychology and political philosophy. Most recently he has published the Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine (co-edited with Steven Edwards, 2017). He has edited several collections of essays, for instance Being Amoral: Psychopathy and Moral Incapacity (2014). Schramme also co-edited On Moral Sentimentalism (2015) with Neil Roughley.

• Part I: 1. Introduction: empathy, sympathy, concern and moral agency Neil Roughley and Thomas Schramme; Part II. Empathy, Sympathy and Concern: 2. Empathy, altruism, and helping: conceptual distinctions, empirical relations Dan Batson; 3. Self-recognition, empathy and concern for others in toddlers Doris Bischof-Köhler and Norbert Bischof; Part III. Understanding Empathy: 4. Self-simulation and empathy Heidi Maibom; 5. Empathy as an instinct Michael Slote; 6. A moral account of empathy and fellow feeling Lawrence Blum; Part IV. Fellow Feeling and the Development of Pro Sociality: 7. Empathy-related responding and its relations to positive development Nancy Eisenberg; 8. An interdisciplinary perspective on the origins of concern for others: contributions from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and sociobiology Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, Andrew Schoen and Jean Decety; 9. Sophisticated concern in early childhood Amrisha Vaish; Part V. Empathy and Morality: 10. Is empathy required for making moral judgements? John Deigh; 11. The empathy in moral obligation. An exercise in creature construction Neil Roughley; 12. Empathy and reciprocating attitudes Stephen Darwall; 13. The role of empathy in an agential account of morality: lessons from autism and psychopathy Thomas Schramme.

'The essays in this impressive collection challenge some of the received wisdom about empathy in philosophy and psychology. Their cumulative effect is to introduce much needed nuance into the occasionally heated discussion about the importance of fellow feeling for morality and prosocial behaviour.' Antti Kauppinen, University of Helsinki