Against empathy : the case for rational compassion /
In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem; a source of prejudice, not kindness. We think of empathy - the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves - as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. But while it inspires care and protection in personal relationships...
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London :
Vintage,
2018.
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Sommario:
- Other people's shoes
- The anatomy of empathy
- Doing good
- The politics of empathy
- Intimacy
- Empathy as the foundation of morality
- Violence and cruelty
- Age of reason.