Empathy-altruism
Sign in to saveEmpathy-altruism is a form of altruism based on moral emotions or feelings for others.
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It sits within the topics Altruism, Empathy and Moral psychology.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Theoretical basis
- Empathic concern and personal distress
- Altruistic motivation and egoistic motivation
- Empirical evidence
- Escape vs. No Escape
- Carol Study
- Tests of egoistic alternatives
- Physiological and developmental evidence
- Neuroscience evidence
- Competing theories and criticisms
- Egoistic alternatives
- [[Negative-state relief model]]
- [[Empathic-Joy Hypothesis|Empathic-joy hypothesis]]
- [[Social exchange theory]]
- Methodological critiques
- Application
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Empathy-altruism is a form of altruism based on moral emotions or feelings for others.
Social exchange theory represents a seemingly altruistic behavior which benefits the altruist and outweighs the cost the altruist bears. Thus such behavior is self-interested. In contrast, Daniel Batson holds that people help others in need out of genuine concern for the well-being of the other person. The key ingredient to such helping is empathic concern. According to Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis, if someone feels empathy towards another person, they will help them, regardless of what they can gain from it. An alternative hypothesis is empathy-joy, which states a person helps because they find pleasure at seeing another person experience relief. When a person does not feel empathy, the standards of social exchange theory apply.
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