Against Empathy - Paul Bloom
Against Empathy - Paul Bloom New York Post Best Book of 2016We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. In AGAINST EMPATHY, Bloom reveals…
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Against Empathy - Paul Bloom
New York Post Best Book of 2016We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. In AGAINST EMPATHY, Bloom reveals empathy to be one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society. 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.
It muddles our judgment and, ironically, often leads to cruelty. Far from helping us to improve the lives of others, empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices. We are at our best when we are smart enough not to rely on it, but to draw instead upon a more distanced compassion.Basing his argument on groundbreaking scientific