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Higher order human emotions, such as compassion and admiration, are often cataloged as artifacts of culture. But a small new study that relies on scans of the brain suggests the opposite: these feelings are rooted deep within the brain, where basic traits like anger and fear reside.
You quote a supervisor who told you: "If you want to help people, be a social worker. Our job is to feed the beast." Was compassion not welcome on the job?
If you’ve been holding out for the day that “Superbad” is remade as a melodrama, your day has finally come. Greg Mottola, who directed the 2007 hit summer comedy about two virgin high school seniors getting drunk and looking to get laid...
I bet you never thought you could like Mike Tyson. Fallen pugilist who destroyed his career, convicted rapist—not to mention an ear-biting demon in the ring—Tyson has a bad rap. Societal mores of compassion advocate human understanding in the face of seriously bad...
No big deal. By the end, Haven’s address was in fact energizing, focused on the need to bring responsibility and compassion to the problem of third-world underdevelopment. Still, not all in attendance were appeased.