Posts Tagged as ‘The Age of Empathy’

September 25, 2009

Is Empathy Hardwired?

World-renown primatologist Dr. Frans De Waal’s new book, The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society, draws upon decades of research and study, considering such fundamental questions as: Do we have an instinct for compassion?  Or is everything we do motivated simply by innate self-interest? The book has received a lot of interest; [...]