Search
Search Results
-
Mariátegui and the Decolonization of Marxism: A Latin-American Perspective
Underlining the constant reconfiguration of the senses of and connections between Marx and Europe, in particular as incarnations of the idea of...
-
A Marxian Analysis of the European Construction II: Contradictions
Analysing the post-World War foundations of the European Union and following in detail the history of this construction until today, Jean-Christophe...
-
The Power to Connect, the Power to Relativize. What Do Values Relate To?
Some argue that values relate only within the discourse of values and not to the external world. These values are seen as existing in a sea of...
-
Excursus II: Values in the Political Soap Opera
This chapter, “Values in the Political Soap Opera,” delves into the intricate interplay between values, politics, and society, examining the fluid...
-
Against Prescriptions. Why Values?
The chapter titled “Against Prescriptions: Why Values?” explores the perplexing question of why humans need and use values, even though values...
-
Ever More. Where Do Values Come from? And How Many Are There?
This chapter delves into the complexity of moral values and their role in contemporary society. The author questions the claim that values are...
-
Excursus I: Values and Human Rights
This chapter, “Values and Human Rights,” explores the complex interplay between human rights, values, and societal dynamics within the European...
-
-
Empathy and Moral Judgement
The chapter ‘Empathy and Moral Judgment’ investigates the connection that exists between empathy and moral judgment by highlighting the epistemic...
-
Conclusion
I wrote this book with the intention of making it understandable and interesting both for laypeople and for researchers from other disciplines, in...
-
A Brief Historical Reconstruction
In this chapter, the genesis of empathy as a word is briefly traced. In particular, it is the Theodor Lipps' work on the subject and his insistence...
-
Anti-empathism: Paul Bloom
In the chapter ‘Anti-empathism: Paul Bloom’, the author offers a description and an in-depth analysis of the criticisms made to empathy by Paul...
-
Empathy and Virtue
This chapter is dedicated to the in-depth analysis of the link between empathy and virtue. The main claim is that empathy can be considered as a...
-
Empathy and Moral Development
This chapter addresses the issue of whether empathy is a necessary feature for the development of morality. Scholars who deny this role usually tend...
-
Overcoming Empathy’s Judgemental Biases
In ‘Overcoming Empathy’s Judgemental Biases’ is the topic of the supposed biases empathy inherently has which is scrutinised in depth. In particular,...
-
Complementarity and Quantum Cognition
The idea of complementarity is one of the key concepts of quantum mechanics. Yet, the idea was originally developed in William James’ psychology of...
-
Examining Sexual Assault Investigations
This chapter focuses on a sexual assault investigation as it provides a general overview of a common criminal investigation. While no two...
-
Nature and Functions of the G20
The second part of the book discusses the legitimacy of a specific global governance institution, the G20, which has so far hardly been investigated...
-
Improving Ethical Reasoning
This chapter applies the insights of the previous chapters to discuss the development of education tools that can foster ethical reasoning skills....
-
Subject and Concept of Legitimacy
This chapter develops the concept of legitimacy as the right to function. According to conventional concepts of state legitimacy, to regard an...