The Two Kinds of Empathy (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Is There a Better Name for Cognitive Empathy?
I think there's something to be said for a term that needs to be clarified if that makes sense. I can't off the top of my head think of a single study on people who have exceptioning high cognitive empathy and what happens to them. People like Abigail Marsh have studied people who are very, very moral. This sort of people give away their kidney and we know a lot about those people. It's such a good question. I mean, this is what I'm trying to figure out these days. And you decided a better name for cognitive empathy? No, I'm kind of torn. To me, perspective taking putting yourself into the shoes is not a lot sexier
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