Version 1
: Received: 22 May 2024 / Approved: 23 May 2024 / Online: 23 May 2024 (12:13:32 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 29 May 2024 / Approved: 29 May 2024 / Online: 30 May 2024 (03:55:40 CEST)
How to cite:
Fonseca, L.; Gonçalves, A.; Couto, B.; Monteleone, F.; Machado, E.; Rêgo, F.; Rêgo, G.; Nunes, R. Empathy: The Core of Morality. Preprints2024, 2024051537. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1537.v1
Fonseca, L.; Gonçalves, A.; Couto, B.; Monteleone, F.; Machado, E.; Rêgo, F.; Rêgo, G.; Nunes, R. Empathy: The Core of Morality. Preprints 2024, 2024051537. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1537.v1
Fonseca, L.; Gonçalves, A.; Couto, B.; Monteleone, F.; Machado, E.; Rêgo, F.; Rêgo, G.; Nunes, R. Empathy: The Core of Morality. Preprints2024, 2024051537. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1537.v1
APA Style
Fonseca, L., Gonçalves, A., Couto, B., Monteleone, F., Machado, E., Rêgo, F., Rêgo, G., & Nunes, R. (2024). Empathy: The Core of Morality. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1537.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Fonseca, L., Guilhermina Rêgo and Rui Nunes. 2024 "Empathy: The Core of Morality" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1537.v1
Abstract
Studies and opinion articles present unequal conclusions concerning empathy and morality, mainly because a somewhat heterogeneous and foggy conceptual approach prevails. This scoping review aims to analyse the relationship between empathy and morality and to present a novel conceptual model of empathy applied to moral decisions.A search in PsycINFO, Scopus and PubMed identified articles addressing the relationship between empathy and morality.Thirty-two articles were included. We find an absence of a consensual definition of empathy. It is commonly defined as a predominant emotional process and a factor of bias and prejudice in moral decisions.According to our conceptual model, empathy is a distinct, complex human neuropsychological capacity that mobilises and is dependent on the proper functioning of several brain areas and balances the scales on which are Emotion and Reason, enabling the most thoughtful moral decisions possible in diverse circumstances and contexts.
Keywords
empathy; morality; cognition; emotion
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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