Even from a strictly Darwinian perspective, empathy is humanity’s ace in the hole.  It is the foundation of social organization, without which we would not have language, science, technology or the desire to pass these gifts on to futur…

Studies suggest that all of these skills can be taught or encouraged. For example, discussing the emotional content of stories has been shown to increase empathy in school-age children, as does getting children to practice imagining how other…

It’s been a while since empathy — the uniquely human capacity to recognize and share the feelings experienced by others, that science even suggests is hardwired in us — when President Obama included it in the qualities he sought in a Suprem…

What’s empathy got to do with it? The textbook definition is “the ability to understand what someone is feeling.”But when put into practice, empathy means a whole lot more. It means the ability to grasp the many sides of today’s…