Empathy - Is It a Double Edged Sword?

When you remind people of a collective drama, for instance, can make them more weary of outsiders. But thinking of a common threat is also one way to bring people within a group closer together. Our instinctive empathy might be more driven towards people in our tribe than outside of it. If we recognize that he i'm empathizing in a parochial way, in a tribal way, we can try and broaden our empathy even towards people who are different from ourselves....