This article gathers the theoretical foundations of “prosocial” behavior and their emotional and cognitive components, which are within the concept of empathy. In addition the main features of emotional intelligence are presented, establishing as the main skill the emotion regulation. Finally it is concluded that there is a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and empathy, which is manifested in “prosocial” behavior. Given this conclusion makes clear that while this is argued from the conceptual side, interested people are invited to search for empirical evidence in order to give greater strength to the relationship between these two constructs.