There's a great deal of talk about empathy now in relationship to the selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court and the confirmation hearings.
As a reference, here is a video I've compiled of Barack Obama talking about empathy. I've gone through all his speeches and pulled out the sections where he talks about empathy. This is the most compleate collection out there.
If you watch it, you can see that the Obama campaign and Presidency is, at its heart, about transforming the country and raising up the value of empathy. Obama has talked about empathy over and over and over again. It's sure to be a core topic for the rest of his presidency.
A Chronological Video of Barack on Empathy.
Compiled from about 40 of his speeches and interviews, etc. on the topic of empathy. (1hr 49 min) See
Barack Obama and a New Spirit of Empathy - Rough Cut 2
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I've also done the same thing with Michelle Obama. see
Michelle Obama on Empathy - Rough Cut 2 (30 min)
A chronological video of Michelle Obama on Empathy.
Compiled from 12 of her speeches and interviews.
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The text of these speeches and comments can be found here:
There's also, links to several new clips that I came across that didn't make in into Rough Cut2
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And here is also a link to a collection of other videos about empathy.
Especially interesting is this Video: PBS Nova: About Empathy and Mirror Neurons
This video explains the scientific and physiological basis of Empathy in Mirror Neurons.
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For more see:
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Edwin Rutsch