Description
Compassion, like other emotions, has many facets - biological, social, psychological and neural, among others. The contributors to this volume will draw on a variety of disciplines and methods in order to develop a more systematic and comprehensive understanding of this often-neglected moral emotion.
About the Author
Justin Caouette is Lecturer in Philosophy at Northeastern and Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. He is the co-editor of 'Free Will and Moral Responsibility' (2013 CSP) and his research has been published in the American Journal of Bioethics - Neuroscience, Southwest Philosophy Review, and numerous edited volumes. Regarding media contacts, Caouette has a large following on Twitter as well as an active presence in the philosophical blogosphere. He plans to highlight this book in multiple online forums.
Carolyn Price is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University. She is the author of Emotion (Polity 2015) and Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content (OUP 2001), She has published in a range of journals, including Inquiry, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Nous, and Philosophical Studies.
Book Information
ISBN 9781786604194
Author Justin Caouette
Format Paperback
Page Count 202
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield International
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield International
Weight(grams) 308g
Dimensions(mm) 219mm * 152mm * 15mm