Our schools are obsessed with teaching students empathy. For just one example, a huge focus of social and emotional learning is on teaching empathy. CASEL, one of the leaders in developing SEL ...

Empathy, the act of understanding and sharing the feelings of others, has long been the underpinning of religious, humanitarian, and philosophical teachings. Now, there’s a new perspective ...

A recent claim that empathy is evil garnered a lot of public attention. Empathy, so the assertion goes, is the devil in disguise, luring people into foolish actions and sentiments. Some described ...

Elon Musk recently stated his belief that empathy is a weakness of Western civilization. Proponents of empathy point to its presence in the Bible and its connection to positive social outcomes. Lack ...