This book has two main objectives. The first is to identify and adequately describe the
phenomenon of empathy. This essentially means offering a strong reasoned and accurate
description of the phenomenon of empathy in order to capture the essence of the empathic
phenomenon and clearly distinguish it from other similar emotional phenomena such as sympathy
or compassion The second part focuses on the role that this phenomenon can play on the
ethical-moral level. The question is whether empathy is necessary or at least important for
morality and if so to what extent in what way and for what reasons. This is an open access
book.
