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Empathy: our strongest weapon against climate change?

By Erik Curren | February 18, 2013

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Socrates said that the best way to live a good life is to know yourself. In the twentieth century, knowing yourself meant introspection, the practice of looking within popularized by Freudian psychoanalysis. But introspection can easily lead to navel gazing, self love and egoism. Such narcissism is unlikely to help deal with the big problems that threaten human society … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: altruism, competition, empathy, Roman Krznaric

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