I think we should really discourage this sort of empathic engagement when it comes to making moral decisions. I think we should… — Paul Bloom Care Copy Share Image
Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can… — Paul Bloom Advantage Copy Share Image
Almost nobody believes anymore that infants are insensate blobs. It seems both mad and evil to deny experience and feeling to a… — Paul Bloom Almost Copy Share Image
Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And,… — Paul Bloom Angels Copy Share Image
Families survive the Terrible Twos because toddlers aren't strong enough to kill with their hands and aren't capable of using lethal weapons.… — Paul Bloom Adult Copy Share Image
“Moral deliberation has to be somewhere in the brain, after all. It’s not going to be in the foot or the stomach,… — Paul Bloom Character Copy Share Image
Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting… — Paul Bloom Adopting Copy Share Image
We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense. — Paul Bloom Beings Copy Share Image
The effects of Twitter and Facebook and all those things on people's psychologies is a really interesting question to which nobody knows… — Paul Bloom Answers Copy Share Image
The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage,… — Paul Bloom Abortion Copy Share Image
Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others. — Paul Bloom Beings Copy Share Image
A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life. — Paul Bloom Art of life Copy Share Image
Perhaps looking out through big baby eyes - if we could - would not be as revelatory experience as many imagine. We… — Paul Bloom Agency Copy Share Image
“Gopnik compares baby consciousness to that of an adult dumped into the middle of a foreign city, totally overwhelmed, constantly turning to… — Paul Bloom New things Copy Share Image
“As the psychologist Steven Pinker puts it, “Exposure to worlds that can be seen only through the eyes of a foreigner, an… — Paul Bloom History Copy Share Image
“The serial killer Gary Gilmore summed up the attitude of someone without moral feelings: “I was always capable of murder.… I can become… — Paul Bloom Serial killer Copy Share Image
I think if we could turn the dial a bit, and try to take what the philosopher Henry Sidgwick called "the point… — Paul Bloom Bits Copy Share Image
If our moral attitudes are entirely the result of nonrational factors, such as gut feelings and the absorption of cultural norms, they… — Paul Bloom Absorb Copy Share Image
I think empathy can serve as a moral spark, motivating us to do good things. But anything can be a moral spark. — Paul Bloom Character Copy Share Image
Individuals differ in how empathic they are. Some people would really flinch if they watched me hitting my hand with a hammer,… — Paul Bloom Care Copy Share Image
People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals,… — Paul Bloom Animal Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that the explanation for consciousness will arise from the mercilessly scientific account of psychology and neuroscience, but, still, isn't… — Paul Bloom Account Copy Share Image
Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who… — Paul Bloom Adult Copy Share Image
