Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Jul;18(7):337-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.04.008.
Morality and empathy are fundamental components of human nature across cultures. However, the wealth of empirical findings from developmental, behavioral, and social neuroscience demonstrates a complex relation between morality and empathy. At times, empathy guides moral judgment, yet other times empathy can interfere with it. To better understand such relations, we propose abandoning the catchall term of empathy in favor of more precise concepts, such as emotional sharing, empathic concern, and affective perspective-taking.
道德和同理心是跨文化人类本性的基本组成部分。然而，发展心理学、行为学和社会神经科学的大量实证研究结果表明，道德和同理心之间存在着复杂的关系。有时，同理心指导道德判断，但有时同理心也会干扰道德判断。为了更好地理解这种关系，我们建议放弃“同理心”这一笼统术语，转而使用更精确的概念，如情感分享、共情关注和情感观点采择。
