![]() ![]() Cognitive empathy enables the understanding of “what’s going on in other people’s heads.” A single case-e.g., the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut-evokes a much stronger response than the daily murders of teenagers in inner cities around the country. Most people are unable to truly empathize with more than one or two others at a time. Sentimental empathy is narrow, Bloom writes, “like a spotlight,” introducing bias, distortion, and/or worse. Without the reasoning power of the latter, impulsiveness is subject to self-deception and manipulation. The author distinguishes between sentimental and cognitive empathy. ![]() Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil, 2013, etc.) to promote the function of compassion, which is informed by rational deliberation. ![]() The potential of empathy to lead to cruelty prompts Bloom (Psychology/Yale Univ. ![]()
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