Bell Curve of Empathy

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April 17, 2011 a project of CharityFocus It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. - W. C. Fields - Bell Curve of Empathy Rhesus monkeys can be trained to pull a chain to obtain food but will refuse to do so if this means another monkey receives an electric shock. How do those monkeys compare with Nazi concentration camp guards? It was childhood tales of Nazi atrocities that first set the Cambridge psychologist, Simon Baron-Cohen, on the path of studying human cruelty and empathy. Instead of "evil", Simon frames such acts as "empathy erosion" in his book, Zero Degrees of Empathy. Unempathic acts are simply the tail end of a bell curve, found in every population on the planet, and thus, any problem immersed in empathy becomes solvable. { read more } Submitted by: Vinciane Rycroft Be The Change Take the empathy test and figure out what is your EQ -- Empathy Quotient. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How Do You Want to be Remembered? The World's Happiest People 82 Hour Hunger Fast A Message in a Wallet DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 105,910 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More