Why Empathy Matters

Name: Why Empathy Matters
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The Science and Psychology of Better Judgment

J.D. Trout

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Penguin
26 January 2010

Psychology; Popular psychology

A road map to empathic and efficient decisions and policies, constructed from new insights in the science of human judgment

Faced with another's suffering, human beings feel sympathy and may even be moved to charity. However, for all our good intentions and vaunted free will, we are lousy at making the bigger decisions that actually improve lives. Why? Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research in the fields of psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout explains how our empathic wiring actually undermines the best interests of individuals and society. However, it is possible to bridge this ""empathy gap"" and improve our decision-making. Here, Trout offers a tantalizing proposal- how to vault that gap and improve the lives of not just ourselves but the lives of everyone all around the world.

By: J.D. Trout
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 18mm
ISBN: 9780143116615
ISBN 10: 0143116614
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 January 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Why Empathy Matters: The Science and Psychology of Better Judgment

The Empathy Gap is an important and engaging book, and Trout's ideas are eye-opening and fascinating. Trout explains a large set of new ideas about human rationality, emotion and well-being, and connects them to pressing social and political issues. This is an invaluable enrichment of public discourse, which could lead to new ways of framing our current dilemmas and to new solutions to them. <br> -Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate and The Stuff of Thought <br> Trout engagingly identifies the issues facing citizens who worry about others' exploiting their natural imperfections as decision makers, but also worry about relying on paternalistic institutions to protect them. Recognizing that those institutions are similarly flawed, Trout calls fro information sharing, public deliberation, and empirical evaluation of interventions. <br> -Baruch Fischhoff, Howard Heinz University Professor, Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, and past president of th