Xenocentric responsiveness: Challenges and future directions. Response to the commentaries

Abstract

This article presents responses to the 13 commentaries of colleagues to my text “Wisdom and the Other” that is published as target article in this special issue. My response deals with three questions that have been addressed throughout several commentaries: 1. What is the contribution of xenocentric responsiveness to wisdom research, does xenocentric responsiveness aspire to constitute a new model of wisdom? 2. What happens with xenocentric responsiveness in the face of extreme challenges, when alterity is abhorrently violating human rights and posing a threat? 3. Is there a research agenda? How can pathos and responsiveness, how can the development of xenocentric responsiveness be empirically investigated?