Against empathy : the case for rational compassion
Book |
First edition. |
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
New York, NY :
[2016]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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"We often 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"--Dust jacket flap.
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- ISBN: 9780062339331 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 285 pages ; 22 cmprint
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.