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Have we lost empathy amid war in the Middle East?

In a time of war, people often take sides in a conflict and perhaps even demonize those who disagree with them.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young we hear from Stanford University’s Jamil Zaki, a psychologist who’s devoted his career to studying empathy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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