Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.
Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.
Social distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others and a positive spin on our own.
Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.
