"Empathy on Trial: Is Empathy Inherently Biased?"

Yale psychologist Paul Bloom is making a case against empathy when it comes to ethical deliberation and action. According to Bloom, emotional empathy has a dark side because it causes an in-group bias that leads to parochialism and racism. Our helping behavior is selectively aimed at those like us a...

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Main Author: Polinska, Wioleta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press [2020]
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Pages: 403-417
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bloom, Paul 1963- / Compassion / Aid / Ingroup / Prejudice / Fremdgruppe / Buddhism / Cognitive competence / Rationality / Watchfulness
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
CB Christian life; spirituality
NCB Personal ethics
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Burnout
B prosocial work
B Compassion
B Empathy
B Prejudice
B Mindfulness
B Test bias
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