Maria Baghramian is Full Professor of American Philosophy in the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD) and the Co-founder and Co-director of the Cognitive Science Programme at UCD. She is also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Currently she coordinates the Horizon 2020 project Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action (PEriTiA).Meliné Papazian is completing a PhD in Cognitive Science on Empathy at University College Dublin. She has given conference papers and conducted workshops in France, Italy, Netherlands, Armenia and Ireland. She was also one of the editors of Perspectives, International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy. In a previous life, she counselled victims of domestic violence in Los Angeles.Rowland Stout is Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and Editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies. He is Director of the UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life and Team Leader for the Work Package on the Ethics of Trust within the EU Horizon 2020 project PEriTiA (Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action).

• Introduction: The Value of EmpathyMaria Baghramian, Meliné Papazian and Rowland Stout1. The Relational Value of EmpathyMonika Betzler 2. Relational Empathy Mark Fagiano 3. Language, Behaviour, and Empathy. G.H. Mead’s and W.V.O. Quine’s Naturalized Theories of MeaningGuido Baggio4. No Empathy for Empathy: An Existential Reading of Husserl’s Forgotten QuestionIraklis Ioannidis 5. Finding Empathy: How Neuroscientific Measures, Evidence and Conceptualizations InteractRiana J. Betzler6. The Contribution of Empathy to EthicsSarah Songhorian 7. The Empathetic Soldier Kevin Cutright 8. Sentimentalist Practical Reason and Self-Sacrifice Michael Slote 9. Pathophobia, Vices, and IllnessIan James Kidd 10. Beyond Empathy: Vulnerability, Relationality and Dementia Danielle Petherbridge11. Empathy, Respect, and VulnerabilityElisa Magrì12. Empathy, Vulnerability and Anxiety Rowland Stout

Maria Baghramian is Full Professor of American Philosophy in the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD) and the Co-founder and Co-director of the Cognitive Science Programme at UCD. She is also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Currently she coordinates the Horizon 2020 project Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action (PEriTiA).Meliné Papazian is completing a PhD in Cognitive Science on Empathy at University College Dublin. She has given conference papers and conducted workshops in France, Italy, Netherlands, Armenia and Ireland. She was also one of the editors of Perspectives, International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy. In a previous life, she counselled victims of domestic violence in Los Angeles.Rowland Stout is Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and Editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies. He is Director of the UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life and Team Leader for the Work Package on the Ethics of Trust within the EU Horizon 2020 project PEriTiA (Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action).

• Introduction: The Value of EmpathyMaria Baghramian, Meliné Papazian and Rowland Stout1. The Relational Value of EmpathyMonika Betzler 2. Relational Empathy Mark Fagiano 3. Language, Behaviour, and Empathy. G.H. Mead’s and W.V.O. Quine’s Naturalized Theories of MeaningGuido Baggio4. No Empathy for Empathy: An Existential Reading of Husserl’s Forgotten QuestionIraklis Ioannidis 5. Finding Empathy: How Neuroscientific Measures, Evidence and Conceptualizations InteractRiana J. Betzler6. The Contribution of Empathy to EthicsSarah Songhorian 7. The Empathetic Soldier Kevin Cutright 8. Sentimentalist Practical Reason and Self-Sacrifice Michael Slote 9. Pathophobia, Vices, and IllnessIan James Kidd 10. Beyond Empathy: Vulnerability, Relationality and Dementia Danielle Petherbridge11. Empathy, Respect, and VulnerabilityElisa Magrì12. Empathy, Vulnerability and Anxiety Rowland Stout

Maria Baghramian is Full Professor of American Philosophy in the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD) and the Co-founder and Co-director of the Cognitive Science Programme at UCD. She is also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Currently she coordinates the Horizon 2020 project Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action (PEriTiA).Meliné Papazian is completing a PhD in Cognitive Science on Empathy at University College Dublin. She has given conference papers and conducted workshops in France, Italy, Netherlands, Armenia and Ireland. She was also one of the editors of Perspectives, International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy. In a previous life, she counselled victims of domestic violence in Los Angeles.Rowland Stout is Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and Editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies. He is Director of the UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life and Team Leader for the Work Package on the Ethics of Trust within the EU Horizon 2020 project PEriTiA (Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action).

• Introduction: The Value of EmpathyMaria Baghramian, Meliné Papazian and Rowland Stout1. The Relational Value of EmpathyMonika Betzler 2. Relational Empathy Mark Fagiano 3. Language, Behaviour, and Empathy. G.H. Mead’s and W.V.O. Quine’s Naturalized Theories of MeaningGuido Baggio4. No Empathy for Empathy: An Existential Reading of Husserl’s Forgotten QuestionIraklis Ioannidis 5. Finding Empathy: How Neuroscientific Measures, Evidence and Conceptualizations InteractRiana J. Betzler6. The Contribution of Empathy to EthicsSarah Songhorian 7. The Empathetic Soldier Kevin Cutright 8. Sentimentalist Practical Reason and Self-Sacrifice Michael Slote 9. Pathophobia, Vices, and IllnessIan James Kidd 10. Beyond Empathy: Vulnerability, Relationality and Dementia Danielle Petherbridge11. Empathy, Respect, and VulnerabilityElisa Magrì12. Empathy, Vulnerability and Anxiety Rowland Stout