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Name: Against empathy
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Author: Paul Bloom

In "Against Empathy," Yale researcher Paul Bloom challenges the common belief that empathy is inherently virtuous. Drawing on social psychology and scientific research, he shows how empathy can provoke prejudice, irrationality, and cruelty, leading to inequitable policies, misguided philanthropy, and biased justice. Bloom contends that a more detached compassion—grounded in reason and fairness—would result in clearer, more moral outcomes across areas such as war, climate policy, incarceration, and social welfare.

First publish date: 2016

Genre: Psychology/Social Psychology

Authors: Paul Bloom

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