Empathy undergirds the epistemological basis of universal morality. Psychologists and neurobiologists have identified two types of empathy: “affective empathy,” or the feelings and sensations of an individual in response to another person’s emotions, which often manifests itself in the emulation of perceived emotions; and “cognitive empathy,” which simply refers to the capacity to identify, internalize, and understand the emotions of others. As the basis of human morality and an undergirding principle of human action, empathy describes a wide range of actions, experiences and emotions that illicit certain responses as a result of an intrinsic proclivity towards alleviating and Continue reading...