Empathy and Moral Development: The Connotation of Care and Justice

Author: Martin L. Hoffman
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Professor Hoffman's research over more than 30 years has found that empathy is the key to opening the door to prosocial moral development. Empathy is the appropriate experience one feels when observing the situation of others. This empathetic feeling emerges as early as infancy. Timely guidance should be provided to strengthen the development of behavior between parents and children, teachers and students. Empathy contains profound psychological principles, laying the original foundation for the development of moral concern and a sense of justice in adulthood. This book demonstrates through extensive and rich research that moral education is not dull preaching but rather living moral experiences that occur in daily life. Empathy allows people to experience their own needs while also experiencing the needs of others. Want others to love you? Then love others first. May this book bring you a sense of love and the experience of empathy.