David Berreby, author of Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind, interviews Frans De Waal, author of The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, about empathy and morality. This is a webcam interview, courtesy of bloggingheads.tv. For context, this conversation occurred shortly after the Haiti earthquake.
One of the most influential people in the study of empathy is the Professor of Primate Behavior, Frans de Waal. See links to videos and articles about him and his work below.
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