Contro l'empatia. Una difesa della razionalità

This was not a very clear, graspable, usable book. There are lots of valid points here and he uses a flood of empirical data. But while he says he hates endless discussions about connotations, I found the explanation and meaning of the title all about linguistic nuance. I actually find the title a bit Leggi tutto

Some interesting points in there, but sometimes a boring read. I would also have liked it focusing more on how one could use different approaches than empathy to make decisions. And how one can override those impulses that makes us focus too much on the individual.

I first stumbled on Yale developmental psychologist Paul Bloom reading a New Yorker editorial called The Baby In the Well: The case against empathy . It was an interesting dissection of empathy. Not because it's bad, but because it forces people into crappy decisions. For instance, people across

I heard a lot about this book. In fact, a friend of mine suggested that I should read this book. The title itself is quite titillating. As I began to read this book, I found it quite irritating. Half through the book, the writer is still busy explaining what he means by empathy. It is not an easy cas Leggi tutto

Hmm, I thought I would enjoy this more than I did – or at least that I would be more stimulated by it than I was. It takes balls to title your book Against Empathy, but that's somewhat undermined by the fact that the author spends so much time reiterating a) what he means by empathy and b) that he i Leggi tutto