You’ve been talking tothatrelative again — the one who shrugs off the reports of death and suffering in places like Africa or Mexico but who was grief-stricken to hear about the fire in the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
Part of you thinks,“Why do some people lack compassion?”
But it’s not a totallack of empathythat’s the problem. It’s selective empathy — or selective compassion.
And it’s far more dangerous.
It’s also sneaky.
And we’re all guilty of it to some degree.
So, what can you do about it?