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Why this Yale psychologist thinks you should be compassionate, not empathetic.
Politics The case against empathy Why this Yale psychologist thinks you should be compassionate, not empathetic. by Sean Illing Updated Jan 16, 2019, 1:52 PM UTC Getty Images Sean Illing is the host of The Gray Area podcast. Who can be against empathy? If our moral intuitions align on anything, is it not on the idea that empathy for other human beings is a good thing? What harm could come from identifying with the thoughts and feelings of our fellow creatures? According to Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale, most of us are completely wrong about empathy. The author of a new book tit
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