The 'Sin' of Empathy? (with Hannah Anderson and Joe Rigney)

The moral character of empathy has recently been a subject of contentious online debate among Christians. Joe Rigney and Hannah Anderson, who have both engaged in these disputes with their different concerns, join me for an extended discussion of the question, hoping to clear up some misunderstandings on both sides and to break some differences down to size. Within the conversation we mention various articles and other material. Joe Rigney: The Enticing Sin of Empathy: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-enticing-sin-of-empathy Dangerous Compassion: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/dangerous-compassion Do You Feel My Pain?: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/do-you-feel-my-pain Man Rampant Interview: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Rampant/dp/B07Z8G12XP Abigail Dodds: The Beauty and Abuse of Empathy: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-beauty-and-abuse-of-empathy Paul Bloom: The Case Against Empathy: https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/1/19/14266230/empathy-morality-ethics-psychology-compassion-paul-bloom Against Empathy: https://amzn.to/3r1A5bA Edwin Friedman: A Failure of Nerve: https://amzn.to/30TmUz7 My summary of A Failure of Nerve: https://alastairadversaria.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/self-and-leadership.pdf Brené Brown: On Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw Daring Greatly: https://amzn.to/30TngWt Shame and Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQiFfA7KfF0 If you have enjoyed my videos and podcasts, please tell your friends. If you are interested in supporting my videos and podcasts and my research more generally, please consider supporting my work on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/zugzwanged), using my PayPal account (https://bit.ly/2RLaUcB), or by buying books for my research on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/36WVSWCK4X33O?ref_=wl_share). You can also listen to the audio of these episodes on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/alastairs-adversaria/id1416351035?mt=2.