Rhetoric of Truthfulness in the Battle Between Social Attributions and Empathic Emotions

Understanding what motivates adults to improve social relations has captivated the interest of a number of scholars in different fields, including philosophers, psychologists, and anthropologists. In this framework the study of empathy has recently become relevant in the analysis of positive (interpersonal and intergroup) relations. The present study provides answers to the questions regarding whether and how empathic emotions are affected by social attribution processes.