From Michael Burns.

Recently right-wing weirdos like Elon Musk and thought-leaders in the evangelical community have both been attacking empathy, pointing out it’s potential risks, and criticizing the way that progressives and leftists have "abused" it. So do they have a point? OF COURSE NOT. But in this one I talk about the attack on empathy and share some thoughts from philosophy that can help us see the political and social importance of being empathetic.

0:00 intro
0:48 evangelicals hate empathy
1:40 funny book reviews
2:12 why empathy is under attack
3:36 the phenomenology of empathy
4:55 Aristotle on justice and friendship
7:16 wrapping things up
8:00 goodbye i love you

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The essay on phenomenology and empathy i referred to in the video:
https://dermotmoran.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2022-From-Empathy-to-Intersubjectivity-The-Phenomenological-Approach.pdf

Aristotle on Justice in the Nicomachean Ethics:
https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.5.v.html

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