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Researchers think they may have found a way to make people more empathetic. Perhaps one day in the future we’ll be able to prescribe “kindness” pills.What if there was a way to turn all the Ebeneezer Scrooges of the world into kind, empathetic people? …

Any parent knows that babies are empathetic little creatures, with an innate ability to know when their mum or dad is happy or sad.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

An Interdisciplinary Conference

1. How does empathy enable social or group identity?
2. Does group membership affect interpersonal understanding, and how does it modulate empathy along in-group/out-group divides?
3. Can groups be targets of empathy, or individuals only?
4. Are collaborating individuals better empathizers?

Confirmed Speakers

• Stephen Butterfill (University of Warwick)
• Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)
• Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis)
• Joel Krueger (University of Exeter)
• Heidi L. Maibom (University of Cincinnati)
• John Michael (Central European University/CFS)
• Elisabeth Pacherie (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris)
• Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi (University of Warsaw)
• Alessandro Salice (CFS)
• Jan Slaby (Free University Berlin)
• Thomas Szanto (CFS)
• Joona Taipale (University of Jyväskylä)
• Dan Zahavi (CFS)