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When we try to put ourselves in someone else's shoes, we usually go all the way, assuming that they feel the same way we do.

Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.

Psychologists now have evidence that money breeds greed and kills empathy. Knowing how could help solve social ills

Most all of us understand that constant bickering, arguing, and loud shouting matches are not healthy for relationships.

MIT postdoc Emile Bruneau has long been drawn to conflict - not as a participant, but an observer.

In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways it has shaped human development and society.

Investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that empathy and compassion, two traits that usually bring people closer together, oftentimes fail unexpectedly between opposing groups in a conflict. Their work proposes a series of reasons why this happens.

Twenty leaders in the field explain, in two minutes or less, how to cultivate empathy.

ScienceDaily (Oct. 31, 2011) — Cancer doctors want to offer a sympathetic ear, but sometimes miss the cues from patients.

In a defining image of the recent English riots, a man helped an injured youngster to his feet while an accomplice stole from the same victim's bag.