Empathy: Feeling the Joy and Suffering of Others

Date: October 25th, 2012
Duration: 1h:29m:23s

Professor Monohan of the Health and Physical Education Department will give a lecture on the subject of empathy. There will be a Q & A session after the lecture.

According to Confucian humanism, everyone wants to be a good person. One becomes a good person by constantly wanting to become a better person. The lecture explores the human possibility of becoming a better person by feeling the joy and suffering of others.