BETSEY STEVENSON: “And then there’s this other issue, which is portraying him as a guy who has no empathy for people. And that really resonates, because he comes across as a guy who has no empathy for people, in many different dimensions.
You know, you’ve got the gay-bashing thing when he was in high school. You’ve got his wife saying I don’t feel rich, even though I’m richer than 99.99% of Americans. I mean, they come across as really having no empathy for people.”
Caroline Struthers takes us through a recent systematic review which looks at interventions to cultivate empathy in doctors.One would always hope for, although sadly not necessarily expect an empathic doctor. To be honest, I’m usually quite grate…
There is increasing concern about rising discipline citations in K–12 schooling and a lack of means to reduce them. Predominant theories characterize this problem as the result of punitive discipline policies (e.g., zero-tolerance policies), teac…
If I offer my heart to you will you take care of it with tenderness or am I going to be exposed to something I don’t want to be?Empathy is delicate thing. It’s a direct connection between hearts. Will you be there during my darkest hour or …
Empathy has a dark side which is at odds with its image as a cure-all for the world’s problems.Contrary to the common view of empathy as an emotion solely eliciting compassion and warmth, empathy can unexpectedly motivate aggression.The result co…
