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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Those with more wealth support more unethical behaviour
Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Piff, P., Stancato, D., Côté, S., Mendoza-Denton, R., Keltner, D
Fear reduces compassion
To provide or protect: motivational bases of political liberalism and conservatism
In and out group mentalities reduce compassion
At Least Bias is Bipartisan: A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Partisan Bias in Liberals and Conservatives
2019Ditto P., Liu B., Clark, C., et al.Perspectives on Psychological Science
Liberals and conservatives review evidence from a bias perspective
Partisan bias and its discontents
2019Ditto, P., Clark, C., Liu, B., Wojcik, S., Chen, E., Grady, R., Celniker, J., Zinger, J.Association for Psychological Science