Originally published: December 6, 2016
Author: Paul Bloom
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The short version of Bloom's argument is that empathy can cause you to focus on the wrong things (and the focus is based on your biases), and as a result lead ...
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New York Post Best Book of 2016. We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness.
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion is a 2016 book written by psychologist Paul Bloom. The book draws on the distinctions between empathy, ...
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Against Empathy ends with the conclusion that empathy is a thoroughly bad compass for making choices and informing decisions, particularly those with a moral ...
Feb 6, 2017 · The basis of Bloom's argument is that fine feelings, like fine words, butter no parsnips. Feeling your pain is all well and good but not ...
Jan 19, 2017 · I think when it comes to moral reasoning, empathy is just a bad idea. It just throws in bias and innumeracy and confusion. But yes, when it ...
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Dec 6, 2016 · In Against Empathy, Bloom reveals empathy to be one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society. Far from helping us to ...
Aug 20, 2014 · To be moved to action by empathy is to lurch blindly toward who knows what. Sam Harris. What we need is not less empathy but more rationality.
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Far from helping us to improve the lives of others, empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices. It muddles our ...