DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS studies empirically the moral views, principles, thoughts, intuitions and emotions held by people. Descriptive ethics studies resemblances and differences among moral views, systems, theories and traditions. COGNITIVE/AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE is the field of mind and brain research that investigates the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition and emotion.
Monday, August 8, 2011
A realistic description of a person with affective empathy disorder
In Siri Hustvedt's novel What I loved (2003) you can find a fascinating literary description of a person suffering from a serious empathy disorder ("Mark Wechsler").
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