“The self without sympathetic attachments is either a fiction or a lunatic.” — Adam Phillips
Can the value of human kindness return as a vital thread in society’s moral fiber? This might be one of the most potent questions of our time…
After listening to the Radiolab podcast, entitled “Dear Hector”, and reading “The Moral Mind” by Jonah Lehrer, I understood how great the contrast is between a normal healthy brain that is wired for empathy, and one that is damaged emotionally and incapable of feeling. Lehrer describes the…
Anxiety across the country is increasing in tandem with the “colorization of America.” This shift is challenging many…