Occupation: Professor Birth: December 24, 1963
I think empathy can serve as a moral spark, motivating us to do good things. But anything can be a moral spark..
The fact that something can be used for good isn't necessarily a knockdown argument for it..
If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than….
People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals, ….
When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy..
I have huge admiration for people who think like the effective altruist, who try to rationally think about how they can change the world for the bett….
What I mean by "empathy" is putting yourself in other people's shoes, feeling what they feel..
This enthusiasm [for empathy] may be misplaced. Empathy has some unfortunate features – it is parochial, narrow-minded and innumerate. We’re often at….
Individuals differ in how empathic they are. Some people would really flinch if they watched me hitting my hand with a hammer, and other people would….
I think we should really discourage this sort of empathic engagement when it comes to making moral decisions. I think we should focus on something li….
Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats..
Stories turn anonymous strangers into people who matter..
It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent..
I think empathy is really important for pleasure..
For the most part, people use "empathy" to mean everything good. For instance, many medical schools have courses in empathy. But if you look at what ….
Because of empathy, we care more for, and devote far more resources to, someone who is familiar, from our country or our group, than a stranger..
I think there's some evidence that when it comes to being a doctor or nurse, a police officer or therapist, that empathetic engagement leads to burn-….
My brother is severely autistic, so when I was a kid I spent a lot of time as a teenager in camps and programs for autistic kids. When I went to McGi….
Something as important and central and encompassing as empathy can't be all bad. I think empathy plays a role in intimate relationships, where you mi….
A religion such as Judaism or Catholicism might survive even if it comes to reject a literal account of God creating man and animals. But it cannot s….
Empathy zooms you in on an individual and, as a result, it's narrow, it's innumerate, it's racist, it's very biased..