Casual Against Empathy : The Case For Rational Compassion By Paul Bloom (UK Edition, Paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL SINGAPOREPublisher: Vintage PublishingISBN 13: 9780099597827Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperbackPages: 304Dimensons: 198 x 129 x 19 | 213 (gram)In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem. We think of empathy the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. But while it inspires care and protection in personal relationships, it has the site effect in the wider world. As the latest research in psychology and neuroscience shows, we feel empathy most for those we find attractive and who seem similar to us and not at all for those who are different, distant or anomous. Empathy therefore biases us in favour of i...