WASHINGTON D.C. - MARCH 17: Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) is photographed in his offices in the Canon House office building on March 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The former Big Six leader of the civil ...

Empathy seems like a good quality in human beings. Pure and simple. It allows us to consider the perspective of others — to put ourselves in their shoes and imagine their experiences. From that ...

Cognitive Empathy: The person can mentally recognize another person’s feeling state and take their perspective without ...

A few years ago, my father-in-law, Joseph, casually admitted he didn’t know what empathy was. Not in a “tell me more” kind of way—he literally didn’t know the meaning of the word. This is a man who ...

"I can't breathe." "I'm scared." For many people, hearing someone say those words would prompt a scramble to help. But not all. It depends on who's listening. A year ago Tuesday, the world watched as ...

Children will typically see things in a binary way — good/bad, right/wrong, happy/sad, etc. In part, it’s because they haven’t had the same life experiences as an adult to understand the many gray ...