5/25/2023 0 Comments Against empathy by paul bloom![]() ![]() and that truly understanding what one did wrong requires having the experience yourself. The victim might believe both that a sincere apology requires the perpetrator understanding what he or she did wrong. Indeed, as with books such as Robert I Simon’s ‘Bad Men Do What Good Men Think’, just reading the title could save you the cost of the book. Why is this symmetry so important? One consideration relates to something we’ve discussed before, which is the connection between understanding and experience. Reading other customer reviews on Paul Bloom’s ‘Against Empathy’ broadly I have to agree with the consensus that his central point is both obvious and can be summed up in just a few lines. ![]() If he suffers because his child falls ill or his house burns down, it might be satisfying, but it’s not quite the same. It’s unsatisfying having someone who has victimized you feel no pain at all, but it’s also not enough for that person to feel pain of a sort that’s unrelated to the victimization-ideally, the sexual harasser should feel what it’s like to be the victim of sexual harassment. “Why an “exchange” of shame? Lockwood says that the victim she spoke with doesn’t want the perpetrator to suffer, but I think a more honest reckoning is that she doesn’t merely want him to suffer. ![]()
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