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Empathy
Can Empathy Heal Democracy?

Riana Betzler Ph.D. on April 26, 2024

By listening with empathy, we risk changing our minds and our hearts. This is empathy's greatest danger and its most powerful strength.

By listening with empathy, we risk changing our minds and our hearts. This is empathy's greatest danger and its most powerful strength.

Empathy
Empathy in a Time of War

Riana Betzler Ph.D. on December 18, 2023

Can empathy survive a war? What do we do when empathy is lost? This article shows how cultivating deep empathy can help to foster understanding and reconciliation.

Can empathy survive a war? What do we do when empathy is lost? This article shows how cultivating deep empathy can help to foster understanding and reconciliation.