BY: DUSTIN BATTY The moral implications of violent media (violent movies, video games, etc.) have been debated for years. The concern is that an oversaturated exposure to fictional portrayals of violence will normalize it in people’s minds and desensitize them…
Could empathy be creating more global suffering?
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Most people would agree that empathy – the capacity to understand or feel what another is experiencing by placing yourself in their position – is an inherently good quality. After all, the more we empathize…
My classroom of chatty 10-year-old students taught me the meaning of empathy in education
BY: CODY HOFFMAN Teaching is full of extremes. Some days, you come home feeling like a mess. You sit on the bus feeling frustrated, your back sore and your voice even worse. A toddler on the bus begins wailing, and…
Can Empathy be Taught Through Toys? This Toy Company Thinks So.
BY: LUC RINALDI How do you teach empathy? Is it, like other skills, disseminated in schools? Does it breed in ethics classes or religious environments? Or is the product of caring, considerate child rearing? Ilana Ben-Ari, for one, is putting…