Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom

285 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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New York Post Best Book of 2016We 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 empa...

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