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The Dark Sides of Empathy by Fritz Breithaupt, Andrew B. B. Hamilton is a psychology available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Many consider empathy to be the basis of moral action. However, the ability to empathize with others is also a prerequisite for deliberate acts of humiliation and cruelty. In <i>The Dark Sides of Empathy</i>, Fritz Breithaupt contends that people often commit atrocities not out of a failure of empathy but rather as a direct consequence of over-identification and a desire to increase empathy. Even well-meaning compassion can have many unintended consequences, such as intensifying conflicts or
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Fritz Breithaupt, Andrew B. B. Hamilton
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501735608
- Category
- psychology
- Subjects
- Psychology, Philosophy, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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