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The word “empathy” derives etymologically from the Greek en (in, at) and pathos (feeling, suffering). It refers to the psychological capacity to feel what another person is feeling, to sense that person’s emotions, and to imagine or understand what others are going through and what and how they are feeling.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Empathy. In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_227
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