When and why to empathize with political opponents

2022/06/24 by Hannah Read · 4 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Common ground #Emotions and Moral Behavior #Empathy #Epistemology #Harm #Law #Metaphysics #Philosophy #Philosophy of mind #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Political Philosophy and Ethics #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Simulation theory of empathy #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1007/s11098-022-01837-y

published in Philosophical Studies 180(3), 773-793 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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Citations

• Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy
• Affective polarization, local contexts and public opinion in America

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