CONTENTS: Editorial Preface Part I: Empathy in Healthcare 1. The Role of Empathy in Complex Patient Encounters V. P. Gangadharan 2. The Neurology of Empathy Anandkumar 3. Mirror Neurons as Neural Correlates of Empathy Dave Augustine Akkara 4. Are there Health Outcomes for Empathy? Roy Varghese 5. Ethics of Doctor-Patient Relationship in Indian Medical System R. Lekshmi & C. V. Sandhya Part II: Empathy and Society 6. Does Empathetic Behaviour Justify Embodiment in Social Cognition? Remya C. 7. Empathetic Fraternity in the Light of Pope Francis’ Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti Gerald Grudzen 8. Integrating Sustainability, Ethics and Empathy: The Growth and Impact of ESG Practices in India’s Corporate Sector Kuruvilla Pandikattu 9. Judicial Empathy Josia P. Part III: Empathy and Normative Philosophy 10. Is Empathy a Metaphor for Ethics? Paul Thelakat 11. ‘Field’ as a Category of Interpretation: Recipe for a Scientific Concept of Empathy Joseph Mathew 12. Beyond Empathy: A Phenomenological Approach from Indian Philosophy Sreekala M. Nair 13. Empathy, Love and Non-violence as the Pragmatic Praxis of Yajña Augustine Pamplany 14. Empathetic Experience of Francis S. Collins S. Ignacimuthu Part IV: Empathy and Moral Theology 15. Empathising with Sexual Minority: A Quest for Hermeneutical Justice Saji Mathew Kanayankal 16. Revisiting Roe Vs Wade: Does Empathetic Theology Matter? Libin Joseph 17. Religious Belief and the Alleviation of Pain: How Does It Work? Miguel Farias, Romara Delmonte & Telmo Baptista 18. The Evolutionary Notion of Altruism and the Thomistic View of Love in Dialogue Sain Chandy Vadakkan Contributors Dr Augustine Pamplany CST, is the founder director of Institute of Science and Religion, Jnana Niketan - Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Aluva, Kerala. Dr Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ, is the Chair Professor, JRD Tata Foundation for Business Ethics, XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur. Dr Tigi Augustine CST, is Dean, Jnana Niketan - Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Aluva, Kerala.