Our Divided Times Are an Opportunity for Empathy. Really
Empathy alone may not cure our country’s ills and divisions, but abandoning it could deepen them.
The Washington Post
Topics: Empathy Jamil Zaki
How Power Erodes Empathy, and the Steps We Can Take to Rebuild It
An interview with Stanford Professor Jamil Zaki.
Here & Now, WBUR
Topics: Empathy Jamil Zaki Power Social Inequality
Don’t Be Afraid to Virtue Signal — It Can Be a Powerful Tool to Change People’s Minds
Focusing solely on virtue signalers obscures their most important role. Like radio waves, the signals they send are received by someone, and those receivers matter, too.
TIME
Topics: Jamil Zaki Morality Social Behavior Social Inequality
Calls for Racial Justice Gained Steam With Empathy
Like other skills, empathy takes practice, and people practice it when they are motivated to do so.
In Case of Emergency, Be Kind
An empathy scholar on the radical act we all need right now.
STANFORD Magazine
Fighting Coronavirus Feels Like Fighting a War. That Might Bring Us Together
Wartime compassion can unite nations, but our new shared struggle might unite the world.
Topics: Compassion Empathy Group Conflict Group Identity Jamil Zaki
Habits of Kindness That Will Endure
Disasters shock us into remembering our shared humanity.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Altruism Compassion Empathy Jamil Zaki
Random Lessons of Kindness — How We Can Learn to Care
A Stanford professor who taught a class on “Becoming Kinder” notes that people are becoming less and less empathetic. The good news is that kindness can be taught; it’s not necessarily an innate trait.
San Francisco Chronicle
What Makes Us Better
Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned.
The American Scholar
Topics: Empathy Jamil Zaki Morality
In a Divided World, We Need to Choose Empathy
It’s gotten harder to empathize; that’s why it’s so important we work at it. Luckily, we can.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Emotion Empathy Jamil Zaki
Can We Revive Empathy in Our Selfish World?
An experiment shows how to rebuild human compassion.
Nautilus
How to Use Empathy to Better Your Life
Jamil Zaki on how we can control our empathy.
SXSW
Does Empathy Guide or Hinder Moral Action?
Is empathy or rationality the key to being a good person?
Room for Debate, The New York Times
Topics: Compassion Emotion Empathy Jamil Zaki Morality Paul Bloom Rationality
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