[SydPhil] Notification: Monika Betzler (LMU) @ Thu 25 Jul 2019 15:00 - 16:30 (AEST) (Current Projects)
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Title: Monika Betzler (LMU)
The Limits of Empathy
Monika Betzler (LMU Munich)
Abstract
The aim of this paper (co-authored with Simon Keller) is to show that
(affective) empathy often makes demands of belief. As we will put it, once
we empathize we are under a rational requirement to have beliefs that
cohere with our empathy. To empathize with another person is to imagine how
her situation is like for her, and share in her emotions. Emotions involve
ways of seeing the world; fear of cats, for example, involves seeing cats
as dangerous. To empathize with another person is, in part, to see the
world as she sees it. If I empathize with your fear of cats, then I am
under rational pressure to believe that cats are dangerous. The connection
between empathy and belief has far-reaching consequences for several
debates about the moral and epistemic roles of empathy. Empathy carries
distinctive epistemic dangers along with its epistemic benefits; there can
be good reasons to avoid empathy; there are epistemic barriers to our
ability truly to empathize with others, even those very close to us; the
ideal of universal empathy is incoherent; and empathy cannot plausibly be
taken to be the basis of morality.
When: Thu 25 Jul 2019 15:00 – 16:30 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney
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