12-18-2020, 07:33 PM
Interesting thoughts there hellorandom. Wouldn't empathy call for someone to put their own personal pride, expectations, desires to the side so that you would then be able to walk in the shoes of that authority that you have determined wrong but won't admit it? If you have already determined how someone should respond and their guilt don't you actually close the door to your ability to walk in the persons shoes and achieve empathy?
I don't think there's actually a lack of empathy in today's society. I think what we have is a stumbling block to reaching empathy and that stumbling block is our inability to communicate effectively. I think in today's world, we are inundated with so much one sidedness that we've forgotten that the most important part of communicating is listening. You simply cannot achieve empathy if you don't' listen so you can first understand.
I don't think there's actually a lack of empathy in today's society. I think what we have is a stumbling block to reaching empathy and that stumbling block is our inability to communicate effectively. I think in today's world, we are inundated with so much one sidedness that we've forgotten that the most important part of communicating is listening. You simply cannot achieve empathy if you don't' listen so you can first understand.