Empathy and character engagement

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 97-110

  Coplan, Amy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203879320-15     Document Type: Chapter

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