Paul Bloom lectures “Against Empathy“- “Против эмпатии“

Paul Bloom draws upon his research into psychopathy, criminal behavior, charitable giving, infant cognition, cognitive neuroscience and Buddhist meditation practices to argue that empathy is a poor moral guide and we are better off without it. Bloom is Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Cognitive Science Program at Yale University, and author of “Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil“ (Crown Publishers, 2013). His lecture at Holy Cross, held September 24, 2015, is one of