Description
Phenomenological ethics is a relatively new approach to ethics whose emphasis is put on the description of the lived-experience and the ethical phenomenon. The book is organized into three thematic sections: A) the main protagonists on the topic, B) the application of the results in psychology and health care, and C) further exploration of the topic in the arts. Each section will put an emphasis on one of the specific aspects of the interconnection between ethics and empathy.
The authors offer a phenomenological description of the thorny problem pertaining to the interconnection of empathy and ethics essential for professionals and scholars of different fields, such as philosophy, psychiatry, health science, psychology, and sociology.
About the Author
Magnus Englander is phenomenological psychologist and associate professor at the Faculty of Health & Society at Malmoe University. His research is situated within the interdisciplinary research context on the topic of health and society. Englander's phenomenological research covers interdisciplinary perspectives such as social psychology, social psychiatry, and social cognition. He served for five years as the book review editor of the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology and is the author of multiple articles on phenomenological psychology. He is the volume editor of Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry.
Susi Ferrarello is assistant professor at California State University, East Bay. She writes for Psychology Today. Among her publications there are novels, poetry, and academic books on philosophy, including Bioethics and Emotions, Phenomenology of Sex, Love, and Intimacy, The Ethics of Lived Experience: A Phenomenology and Husserl's Ethics and Practical Intentionality.
Book Information
ISBN 9781538154106
Author Magnus Englander
Format Hardback
Page Count 544
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 894g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 161mm * 36mm
