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The surprising downsides of empathy

Source: BBC

Empathy—the ability to understand the feelings of others—is an important aspect of emotional intelligence. However, the author of this piece suggests that empathy can have negative effects. Click the link to learn more.

This entry was posted in Finding Common Ground, Ourselves and Others, The Individual and Society and tagged Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, Human behavior, People on November 1, 2020 by Chandler Gifford.

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