![]() And that’s not exactly what I’m talking about. “There’s another sense of empathy which is narrower and which has to do with understanding other people. "I think that understanding people is important, but it’s not necessarily a force for good. Some people take empathy to mean everything good or moral, or to be kind in some general sense. ![]() “I’ve come to realize that people mean different things by empathy. In his book, Bloom argues that empathy itself is not inherently a good tool, only that it has the potential to be. It’s often seen as a bridge to communication and a fundamental pillar in having a moral and just society.īut according to Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale and author of Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, the concept of empathy is more complicated than we may assume. The world becomes a more sympathetic place when we intentionally try to understand what another person is feeling. For the most part, we tend to think of empathy as a good thing. ![]()
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