Empathy and Democracy: Feeling, Thinking, and Deliberation

By Michael E. Morrell

An interdisciplinary study of democratic theory, empirical political science, psychology, and philosophy. Proposes a multidimensional process model of empathy that incorporates both affective and cognitive features to demonstrate the importance of empathy in fulfilling democracy's promise of giving equal consideration to all citizens in collective decisions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271036605
• ISBN13: 9780271036601
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"