Against empathy: the case for rational compassion

"We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we don't have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the...

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1. Verfasser: Bloom, Paul 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers [2016]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we don't have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In [this book], Bloom [posits that] empathy [is] one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society. Far from helping us to improve the lives of others, empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices"--Dust jacket flap
Beschreibung:285 Seiten 22 cm
ISBN:9780062339331

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