Empathy and Its Discontents

被引:252
作者
Bloom, Paul [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Dept Psychol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
关键词
AGGRESSION; RESPONSES;
D O I
10.1016/j.tics.2016.11.004
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
What role does the experience of feeling what you think others are feeling - often known as 'empathy' - have in moral deliberation and moral action? Empathy has many fans and there is abundant evidence that it can motivate prosocial behavior. However, empathy is narrow in its focus, rendering it innumerate and subject to bias. It can motivate cruelty and aggression and lead to burnout and exhaustion. Compassion is distinct from empathy in its neural instantiation and its behavioral consequences and is a better prod to moral action, particularly in the modem world we live in.
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