Barriers to compassion
Compassion is innate - but that doesn't mean it can't be suppressed. We now know that under certain conditions or in particular cultures our natural compassion can be muted or even switched off.
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- Barriers to compassion
Those with more wealth support more unethical behaviour
Piff, P., Stancato, D., Côté, S., Mendoza-Denton, R., Keltner, D
Fear reduces compassion
Janoff-Bulman, R
In and out group mentalities reduce compassion
2019
Ditto P., Liu B., Clark, C., et al.
Perspectives on Psychological Science
Liberals and conservatives review evidence from a bias perspective
2019
Ditto, P., Clark, C., Liu, B., Wojcik, S., Chen, E., Grady, R., Celniker, J., Zinger, J.
Association for Psychological Science
