While we are busy showing empathy to the victims’ families and friends, perhaps we should also wonder what kind of horrible experience these shooters have encountered in modern society that could evoke such rage in a young man for him to give up his entire future just to kill…
If we were capable of showing more empathy to the ones that were isolated, depressed, awkward or maybe just too shy, wouldn’t this society become a more caring place for all of us?
By Marrian Zhou
The commonality of these photos is that each shows an individual victim. We have all heard that one death is a tragedy, one million deaths a statistic. To perceive tragedy, we have to see a person (or, apparently, an animal) as an individual.Psychologi…
Empathy is a powerful skill that allows you to see and appreciate another person’s perspectives – essentially helping you understand what it’s like to be in their position. Now more than ever, empathy is extremely important as issues …
Raising compassionate children is no small feat these days. Because of the egocentrism of children’s early years combined with the increasingly prevalent messages of selfishness, narcissism and indifference that popular culture communicates to the…
If high levels of shame hinder the experience of empathy, then for those sex offenders who may be unable to, or have great difficulty experiencing empathy due to excessive shame, empathy training as part of their treatment might render them a greater r…
