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A road map to empathic and efficient decisions and policies, constructed from new insights in the science of human judgment Faced with another's suffering, human beings feel sympathy and may even be moved to charity. However, for all our good intentions and vaunted free will, we are lousy at making the bigger decisions that actually improve lives. Why? Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research in the fields of psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout explains how our empathic wiring actually undermines the best interests of individuals and society. However, it is possible to bridge this "empathy gap" and improve our decision-making. Here, Trout offers a tantalizing proposal- how to vault that gap and improve the lives of not just ourselves but the lives of everyone all around the world.

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Book category Books in English Health & personal development Self-help & personal development Popular psychology

• Full title: Why Empathy Matters
• Subtitle: The Science and Psychology of Better Judgment
• Author: J.D. Trout
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780143116615
• ISBN: 9780143116615
• ID: 06285790
• Publisher: J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.
• Weight: 274 g
• Dimensions: 213 × 139 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. January 2010

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