Professional Ethics Education: Studies in Compassionate Empathy

• Main Author: Maxwell, Bruce (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Higher education.; Education > Philosophy.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Higher Education.

Why is practical ethics training a now requirement of nearly all professional training programmes? The short answer is that it is thought to be conducive to ethical decision-making and ethical behaviour. In recent years, the received idea that competency in moral reasoning implies moral responsibili...

Table of Contents:

• The Disambiguation of “Empathy”: Affective and Cognitive Conceptions
• A Conceptual and Empirical Sketch of Compassionate Empathy
• The Paradox of Compassionate Empathy's Moral Worth
• Compassionate Empathy, Moral Perception and Moral Conscience
• Intermezzo on Moral Emotion Education: Imagination, Imitation, and Reappraisal
• Compassionate Empathy in Professional and Practical Ethics Education.