In this paper, I will argue, contra Prinz, that empathy is a crucial component of our moral lives. In particular, I argue that empathy is sometimes epistemologically necessary for identifying the right action; that empathy is sometimes psychologically …

Don’t look now, but all of a sudden the topic of compassionate management is becoming trendy.A growing number of business conferences are focusing in on the topic of compassion at work. There’s the International Working Group on Compa…

Fri, Apr 5: Dozens of the regions young minds converged on the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax to learn how to accelerate empathy. It’s a two day conference put on by local not-for-profit The Empathy Factory.  See it on Scoop.it, via …

According to a group of scientists from the Case Western Reserve University and Babson University, there is a clear demarcation between the parts of the brain utilized for religious belief and critical thinking. The study found that people who are more…