empathy – On the Human http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human a project of the National Humanities Center Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Animal In Mind: People, Cattle and Shared Nature on the African Savannah http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2011/10/animal-in-mind/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2011/10/animal-in-mind/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:25:05 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=2841

Professor Vigdis Broch-Due

It is a commonplace that East African pastoralists like Turkana of Northern Kenya identify themselves with their animals. However it really goes far beyond that. To grasp not just the emotional intensity of Turkana bonds with their cattle but the ways in which their life projects are intertwined, is to feel the

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]]> http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/10/morals-without-god/feed/ 34 Hunting and Science http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/11/hunting-and-science/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/11/hunting-and-science/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:36:45 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=623 The use of hounds in hunting excites great passions. Hunting deer is particularly hated by those who are opposed to it and ardently loved by those who support it. If you wept as a child at the death of Bambi’s mother, you know what it is like to be hunted. On the other side, the

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]]> http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/11/hunting-and-science/feed/ 16 Empathic Concern and Altruism in Humans http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/10/empathic-concern-and-altruism-in-humans/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/10/empathic-concern-and-altruism-in-humans/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:25:04 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=480 We humans spend a remarkable amount of time, money, and energy to benefit others, including family, friends, and strangers. Why do we do it? Do we ever care about others for their sakes and not simply for our own? Is our ultimate goal always and exclusively self-benefit, or are we capable of caring about another

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