Moral Education: An Alternative to the Anti-empathic Model

In ‘Moral Education: An Alternative to the Anti-empathic Model’ is a topic deeply related to that of moral development that is taken into consideration: that of moral education. Empathy—so the claim of this chapter—allow us to cross our egocentric boundaries and let us see the world from the perspective of another human being. This permits a richer understanding of the others. Empathy offers us an insight into the agency of the other person, into the ways in which they act, based on certain reasons and hence is a precondition for moral judgement and conduct and an indispensable part of moral education. Moreover, this chapter also show in what sense can psychopaths and autists be seen as lacking empathy.