empathy
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Manivannan, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, was being interviewed about care and carers in society, when host Sindhu Rajasekaran raised the rehabilitation of criminals, saying she could have no empathy for rapists.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
This is why Wilson deserves empathy even if she can’t bring herself to grant Nolan the same grace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Plenty of workplaces could use more empathy, but we don’t have to spill everything—and often shouldn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
What the ancients understood, and what remains true now, is that empathy can be taught through the sustained act of attending to another’s experience in the presence of others.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Shin shows real empathy for others. This thing called love—he may have quite a lot of love in there.”
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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