Corvus+2014-15+Empathy

Historical by Haley Stamper

Empathy originates from a sense of understanding about others and the recognition of feelings. Empathy is “ the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another ” (//dictionary.reference.com//). The word originates from the Greek word “ empátheia ” (//dictionary.reference.com//) which means affection. Though the root word would suggest that empathy is only possible for those an individual feels affection for it is not a feeling of regret for anothers suffering but a recognition of its existence. In the 19th and 20th century philosophists viewed it “  as the primary means for gaining knowledge of other minds and as the method uniquely suited for the human sciences ” (//stanford.edu//). More recently it has been studied by psychologists in reference to social dynamics, but not many agree on the purpose of empathy nor how it developed (//stanford.edu//).

Sources: “Empathy”. //dictionary.reference.com//. Web. 29 October 2014. “Empathy”. //plato.stanford.edu//. 31 March 2008. Web. 29 October 2014.

Cultural by Justine Chavez

==== There’s many different types of empathy our cultural faces but no one can tell which is the correct way to live by. Empathy is taking oneself and stepping into someone else shoes in order to understand someones feelings about an issue. According to the culture of empathy, “There's 5 different types of empathy that include self, mirrored and imaginative empathy with Empathic Arising, Creativity, Action and feeling of empathy” (All About Empathy). Our society has to be careful on how confusing it can get from trying to find the difference between compassion and empathy. Empathy plays a huge role in communication with human. According to NIH Public Access. “Empathy is an important part of interpersonal lives because it gives us the ability to have perception, interpretation, production and response to emotional signals” (Soto 4). In society today, empathy is used to accurately read each other emotions. The United States are now studying how close each individual can connect to someone who is not part of the same race. When these studies come into play then our society is base one empathy towards other but towards ourselves. The impact of empathy that humans take advantage of is going to change this world to a selfish one who lacks empathy towards others. ====

Sources:

NIH Public Access “Emotion Recognition across Cultures: The Influence of Ethnicity of Empathic Accuracy and Physiological Linkage” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.

“Center for Building a Culture of Empathy” Cultureofempathy.com. Web. 30 Oct 2014.

Empathy is defined as the capacity to share or recognize emotions experienced by another sentient or fictional being” (Merriam-Webster). Simply put, empathy is the ability of humans to feel how others feel. When a friend experiences the loss of a parent people feel some saddening effects as well. It is as if everyone's brains are connected on this planet, helping them feel what each other feel and strengthening the ability to show compassion. Empathy is often compared to “stepping into another person’s shoes” (Psychology Today). The practical application of empathy was much simpler when the most common bad news people heard was about something that happened in a very close proximity to their location. When people were nomadic and a child member of their group was eaten by a grizzly bear, people would feel for the person. It was not just sad because someone died, but because people were mourning the loss. If another member had experienced a similar situation, they would have a good idea what the parents of the deceased baby were going through. It was right there in their face, not an image or a broadcast, not a transcript or a story.
 * Aim of Empathy by Jack Gillette **

"Empathy." psychologytoday.com. Web. 30 October 2014.

"Empathy." merriam-webster.com. Web. 30 October 2014.

__**Audience by Jay Chambers: **__



Empathy implies a capacity to enter into the pain of another, meaning to alleviate it. Empathy is revolved around kindness, in which it allows us to respond with more trust. When empathy is absent, violence is playing a role, suffering is playing a role, and negativity is playing a role. In order to develop empathy, we must develop compassion. According to Dalai Lama, when we apply our mental faculties to our feelings of empathy, we can enhance it and transform it into love and compassion (Dalai Lama). What this shows is that as we practice and practice by showing love to one another and developing compassion, empathy can be put into play. So basically, the audience are the people who practice compassion in order to show that empathy. Compassion is the source and the result of patience, tolerance, and forgiveness, according to what Dalai Lama says (Dalai Lama). If those traits are put into play, empathy will occur. So overall, people who practice compassion and develop it tend to develop empathy as well, so the audience is technically those who participate in that action.

“Empathy.” wikipedia.org. Web. 30 October 2014.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama. // Ethics For The New Millennium. // New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999. Print.