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Paul Bloom on Empathy

Social Science Bites by Michael Todd

Jan 6, 202619:46Society & Culture

In 2016 psychologist Paul Bloom wrote a book titled Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (a naming decision he still wrestles with). In the book, as in his career and in this Social Science Bites podcast, Bl...

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Paul Bloom on Empathy is an episode from Social Science Bites by Michael Todd. In 2016 psychologist Paul Bloom wrote a book titled Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (a naming decision he still wrestles with). In the book, as...

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