caa a22 4500 606238107 CHVBK 20210128101256.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10677-014-9557-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10677-014-9557-1 Kasperbauer T. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark aut Rejecting Empathy for Animal Ethics [Elektronische Daten] [T. Kasperbauer] Ethicists have become increasingly skeptical about the importance of empathy in producing moral concern for others. One of the main claims made by empathy skeptics is a psychological thesis: empathy is not the primary psychological process responsible for producing moral concern. Some of the best evidence that could confirm or disconfirm this thesis comes from research on empathizing with animals. However, this evidence has not been discussed in any of the prominent critiques of empathy. In this paper, I investigate six different empirical claims commonly made about empathy toward animals. I find all six claims to be problematic, though some are more plausible than others, and argue that empathy is indeed not psychologically central to producing moral concern for animals. I also review evidence indicating that other moral emotions, particularly anger, are more strongly engaged with producing moral concern for animals, and are thus more capable of achieving various normative aims in animal ethics. The conclusion of my argument is that empathy should lose its currently privileged place. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Empathy nationallicence Moral psychology nationallicence Animal ethics nationallicence Emotions nationallicence Anger nationallicence Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/4(2015-08-01), 817-833 1386-2820 18:4<817 2015 18 10677 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-014-9557-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-014-9557-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kasperbauer T. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/4(2015-08-01), 817-833 1386-2820 18:4<817 2015 18 10677