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“Choice” and “emotion” in altruism: Reflections on the morality of justice versus the morality of caring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Ross Buck
Ross Buck
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Sciences and Psychology, U-1085, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 06269-1085 Buck@uconnvm.uconn.edu http://www.coms.uconn.edu/people/faculty/rbuck/index.htm
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Abstract

Rachlin uses the word “choice” 80 times, whereas “emotion” does not appear. In contrast, “Empathy: Its ultimate and proximate bases” by Preston and de Waal, uses the word “emotion” 139 times and “choice” once. This commentary compares these ways of approaching empathy and altruism, relating Rachlin's approach to Gilligan's Morality of Justice and Preston and de Waal's to the Morality of Caring.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 254 - 255
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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