A new study shows that empathy may drive rats to help each other. The finding gives insight into the biological roots of our urge to assist others in need…   Empathy motivates us to take action. We feel distressed when another is suffering, and …

Start Empathy, an initiative of Ashoka, is a community of individuals and institutions dedicated to building a future in which every child masters empathy.   Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings and perspectives of others, and to use …

David A. Levine is a teacher, author, empathy educator, musician and recording artist. He is currently the Director of the School of Belonging Training Institute.After teaching elementary and middle school, David became the chief trainer for the U.S. D…

Surveys show that people have less empathy for battered human adults than they do dogs, according to a paper at the American Sociological Association…”Unlike survey research, experiments usually employ a homogenous sample in order to establish a caus…