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8 - An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Origins of Concern for Others

Contributions from Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Sociobiology

from IV - Fellow Feeling and the Development of Prosociality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2017

Neil Roughley
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Universität Duisburg–Essen
Thomas Schramme
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Forms of Fellow Feeling
Empathy, Sympathy, Concern and Moral Agency
, pp. 184 - 215
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

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