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Is empathy—defined by Merriam-Webster as “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another”—a feeling? Or is it a virtue? And is women’s greater propensity for empathy wrecking our societal order?
These are some of the questions animating (and sometimes paralyzing) conversations among thought leaders on today’s political right.
Elizabeth Grace Matthew writes about books, education, and culture, including on Substack.
