On the Suffering of Compassion

Philosophia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-144

  Nilsson, Peter ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compassion; Emotions; Empathy; Pity; Suffering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551582021     PISSN: 00483893     EISSN: 15749274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-010-9265-6     Document Type: Article

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