A radical experiment in empathy…

13 September 2012

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This post is over 13 years old. This isn't necessarily expressed as well as I might do now, and I may well have changed a lot since.

Can you imagine what it would be like to someone else’s shoes? Can you understand why they’re there? What they feel?

Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy

Sociologist Sam Richards’ TEDxPSU sets an extraordinary challenge: can you understand — not approve of, but understand — the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand and empathize with another?

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Jonathan

15 September 2012

Fascinating stuff, explains the concept well. I studied John Rawls for my last politics course, I reckon you might be interested in his ‘Veil of Ignorance’ theory, which is a similar experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance

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