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Wioleta Polinska

1 paper in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2020

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"Empathy on Trial: Is Empathy Inherently Biased?"

Buddhist-Christian Studies 2020 Wioleta Polinska 2 citations

Yale psychologist Paul Bloom is making a case against empathy when it comes to ethical deliberation and action.According to Bloom, emotional empathy has a dark side because it causes an in-group bias that leads to parochialism and racism.Our helping behavior is selectively aimed at those like us and, as a result, blinds us to the suffering in distant global settings.In arriving at his position,...