Sympathy Emotion State

A Sympathy Emotion State is a concern emotion state directed at another sentient agent's distress.

• AKA: Empathic Concern.
• Context:
  • It can be attained by an Emotional Agent (with a capacity for empathy).
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Narcissistic Emotional State.
  • a Self-Preservation Emotion State.
  • a Love Emotion State.
• See: Compassion, Love Emotion.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sympathy Retrieved:2014-6-8.
  • 'Sympathy (from the Greek words syn "together" and pathos "feeling" which means "fellow-feeling") is the perception, understanding, and reaction to the distress or need of another human being. This empathic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint, from a personal perspective to the perspective of another group or individual who is in need. Empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably. Sympathy is a feeling, but the two terms have distinct origins and meanings. Empathy refers to the understanding and sharing of a specific emotional state with another person. Sympathy does not require the sharing of the same emotional state. Instead, sympathy is a concern for the well-being of another. Although sympathy may begin with empathizing with the same emotion another person is feeling, empathy can be extended to other emotional states.

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