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We 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"
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Against Empathy, Paul Bloom
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Against Empathy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paul Bloom
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 1847923143
- ISBN13
- 9781847923141
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Self-Help, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Personal Growth, Science, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
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- We 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"