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Against Empathy

the Case for Rational Compassion
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart; if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain -- attributes to Winston Churchill. Jonathan Haidt argues, we are not judges; we are lawyers, making up explanations after the deeds have been done. Reason is impotent. "We celebrate rationality," agrees de Waal, "but when push comes to shove we assign it little weight."