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How Empathy Leads Us Astray

How Empathy Leads Us Astray

Empathy is an inherently good human quality. So, why is Yale psychologist Paul Bloom against it? We talk with him about why feeling others' pain makes for bad public policy.

Innovation Hub

January 12, 201720m 21s

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Empathy is an inherently good human quality. So, why is Yale psychologist Paul Bloom against it? We talk with him about why feeling others' pain makes for bad public policy.

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