Argumentative Essay On Empathy
Name: Ho Mei Yi
Student ID: N1581028
UCAE15 Writing Assignment: Empathy
Empathy tugs at our heartstrings – we feel the pain and joy of a person because we understand what he or she is going through. The imaginative act of putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes is often associated with selflessness, good rapport and ideally, makes the world a better place. According to Roman Krznaric, developing empathic thinking with others might also be able to solve climate changes.
Albeit that, empathy may not be all that wonderful. Oliver Burkeman claims that empathy is a fallible way of doing good as we are vulnerable to biasedness. We inevitably tend to empathize with those closer to home – people of the same race, religion or nationality. The author also cites the “identifiable victim effect” where humans are more inclined to help an identified victim as …show more content…
Compassion was described to be cooler and more rational while a surfeit of empathy may hurt the empathetic. The proposition was backed with a case whereby a cancer patient does not like the empathetic medical staff. Instead, he feels more relieved when medical practitioners remain cool and certain.
Empathy is a core emotional intelligence skill that comes in the form of genuine care and concern towards a person. While it moves us to feel with others, it might also lead the sympathetic onto a rollercoaster of emotions. Compassion, on the other hand, is distinguished by its universality and rationality. Compassion is partnered with wisdom – it allows us to feel with others but we do not get overwhelmed by fear or panic.
Ideally, empathy makes the world a better place. Compassion builds on empathy, elevating the emotions to a more universal and transcending experience. While we are likely to fail at being impartial and unbiased towards those that matter to us, compassion may indeed be a more logical approach to
Student ID: N1581028
UCAE15 Writing Assignment: Empathy
Empathy tugs at our heartstrings – we feel the pain and joy of a person because we understand what he or she is going through. The imaginative act of putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes is often associated with selflessness, good rapport and ideally, makes the world a better place. According to Roman Krznaric, developing empathic thinking with others might also be able to solve climate changes.
Albeit that, empathy may not be all that wonderful. Oliver Burkeman claims that empathy is a fallible way of doing good as we are vulnerable to biasedness. We inevitably tend to empathize with those closer to home – people of the same race, religion or nationality. The author also cites the “identifiable victim effect” where humans are more inclined to help an identified victim as …show more content…
Compassion was described to be cooler and more rational while a surfeit of empathy may hurt the empathetic. The proposition was backed with a case whereby a cancer patient does not like the empathetic medical staff. Instead, he feels more relieved when medical practitioners remain cool and certain.
Empathy is a core emotional intelligence skill that comes in the form of genuine care and concern towards a person. While it moves us to feel with others, it might also lead the sympathetic onto a rollercoaster of emotions. Compassion, on the other hand, is distinguished by its universality and rationality. Compassion is partnered with wisdom – it allows us to feel with others but we do not get overwhelmed by fear or panic.
Ideally, empathy makes the world a better place. Compassion builds on empathy, elevating the emotions to a more universal and transcending experience. While we are likely to fail at being impartial and unbiased towards those that matter to us, compassion may indeed be a more logical approach to