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The world is in a sad state. I believe, or I want to believe, that people are inherently good - however, they are often shielded, ignorant and misguided, or perhaps misunderstood.
What is some good literature on EMPATHY and its limits?
E.g. why we more easily empathize with physical pain than psychological. Or why sympathize even less with women who have anorexia because they "just want attention" (doesn't everyone want to be seen?). Or why it's easier to sympathize with someone within our borders than it is with someone outside them.
(Perhaps bad examples, but you get the point - the limits of empathy)
Looking primarily for non-fiction. Any stories that deal with it.
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Social Psychology
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>>9170557
me in the clown costume
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*tips fur cylinder*
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>>9170557
In what cases does empathy not equal money/time?
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>>9171676
...what?
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>>9170557
You want the world to disappoint you.
>empathize with physical pain than psychological
those aren't different types of pain or empathy.
>sympathize
is not the same as empathy. However, if they hate themselves, why shouldn't we?
>easier to sympathize with someone within our borders
Because they'll kick you out into the desert on your own like the rest of your in-group if you stop acting like a member of the in-group.
You need to go google some of these questions, learn what your words mean, and stop asking for non-fiction to confirm your head pictures, son.
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>>9171704
What does empathy = (equal) when it =/= (does not equal) money and/or time?
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People jack off to empathy too much, and I;m saying this as someone who empathizes quite heavily to basically everyone. Like everything, there's no reason to do it unless it makes you feel happier, which it rarely does.
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