a rigorous and critical empathy

A Rigorous and Critical Empathy t-shirt, courtesy of the UChicago Community Outreach Program and Xavier Remy

Perform a Readiness Assessment: A Rigorous and Critical Empathy

By Lou Agosta on May 14, 2021

Empathy is never needed more than when it seems there is no time for it. Empathy is never needed more than when it seems the budget does not allow for it. Empathy is never needed more than when the cynicism and resignation about life, whether in the family or the corporate jungle, are so thick you can’t catch your breath.

The Limits of Empathy in Politics

By Lou Agosta on January 31, 2021

Even in politics empathy is always empathy. However, politics brings along a whole new set of questions, issues, and challenges by with which empathy is confronted and to which empathy gets applied.