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AGAINST EMPATHY - PAUL BLOOM KARTONIERT (TB)

“Like a tough-to-crack case against an idea that most of us have long known is key to repairing
the world… will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of
morality.” —New York Magazine New York Post Best Book of the Year We often think of our
capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our
wisest policy-makers  activists  scientists  and philosophers agree that the only problem with
empathy is that we don’t have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth  argues
Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In AGAINST EMPATHY  Bloom reveals empathy to be one of the leading
motivators of inequality and immorality in society. Far from helping us to improve the lives of
others  empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that appeals to our narrow prejudices.
It muddles our judgment and  ironically  often leads to cruelty. We are at our best when we are
smart enough not to rely on it  but to draw instead upon a more distanced compassion. Basing
his argument on groundbreaking scientific findings  Bloom makes the case that some of the worst
decisions made by individuals and nations—who to give money to  when to go to war  how to
respond to climate change  and who to imprison—are too often motivated by honest  yet misplaced
emotions. With precision and wit  he demonstrates how empathy distorts our judgment in every
aspect of our lives  from philanthropy and charity to the justice system  from medical care and
education to parenting and marriage. Without empathy  Bloom insists  our decisions would be
clearer  fairer  and—yes—ultimately more moral. Brilliantly argued  urgent and humane  AGAINST
EMPATHY shows us that  when it comes to both major policy decisions and the choices we make in
our everyday lives  limiting our impulse toward empathy is often the most compassionate choice
we can make.

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