Exploring Degrees of Empathy Ft. Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy
Watch this episode to learn about the empathy bell curve from one of the world’s leading empathy experts.
Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is also the author of several books on empathy, including Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty. In this episode, he discusses the importance of empathy in our relationships and society, how to overcome empathy deficits, and why attachment theory is such a powerful parenting style.
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00:36 Introduction
00:54 About Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen
02:33 What inspires Simon’s empathy research
06:50 The necessity for empathy in the workforce
09:49 The empathy bell curve
12:36 The difference between affective and cognitive empathy - and its significance
15:43 Practices for people with autism to overcome a cognitive empathy gap
18:30 Practices for people with antisocial personality disorder to increase their affective empathy
21:16 The challenges and value of being an empath
24:12 Redefining evil in terms of empathy - An excerpt from Simon’s book, Zero Degrees of Empathy
29:25 The importance of attachment theory as a parenting style
31:37 Empathy and gender - Are there differences?
34:17 How to self-protect in relationships with antisocial personality disorder
36:02 Simon Baron-Cohen’s Purposeful Empathy Story
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CONNECT WITH SIMON
✩ Website https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/
SHOW NOTES
✩ Zero Degrees of Empathy https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0713997915?r...
✩ The Science of Evil https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B072M56BDQ?r...
Video Edited by David Tsvariani