Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
by Paul Bloom
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“@BRazumem @rebajeanseattle It's also worth reading this book by @paulbloomatyale | @paulbloomatyale @JohnNosta Great book. Highly recommended. | @wokal_distance You'd like this book. | I also highly recommend everyone read Paul Bloom's excellent book: Against Empathy. It's not that empathy is "Bad" but it's a manipulative way to set policy with severe negative consequences.”
Source →“@BRazumem @rebajeanseattle It's also worth reading this book by @paulbloomatyale | @paulbloomatyale @JohnNosta Great book. Highly recommended. | @wokal_distance You'd like this book. | I also highly recommend everyone read Paul Bloom's excellent book: Against Empathy. It's not that empathy is "Bad" but it's a manipulative way to set policy with severe negative consequences.”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Vinod Khosla and Geoffrey Miller
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
New York Post Best Book of 2016We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policymakers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we dont have enough of it.Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher P...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
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Vinod Khosla
“@BRazumem @rebajeanseattle It's also worth reading this book by @paulbloomatyale | @paulbloomatyale @JohnNosta Great book. Highly recommended. | @wokal_distance You'd like this book. | I also highly recommend everyone read Paul Bloom's excellent book: Against Empathy. It's not that empathy is "Bad" but it's a manipulative way to set policy with severe negative consequences.”
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