The Importance Of Empathy

Humanity has been around for over six million years ago. As early as our childhood, empathy can be developed within ourselves because empathy is all around civilization. According to Frans De Waal, empathy is “the process by which we gather information about someone else” (De Waal, 86). In other terms, empathy is the ability for one to understand another’s feelings. Empathy is commonly mistaken for sympathy. Sympathy refers to feeling for another’s situation and wanting to improve one’s condition. Emotional arousal helps one demonstrate empathy because this allows us to care and has a more cognitive approach. Many argue if empathy actually exist permanently within humanity. Empathy is inherent in humans as portrayed throughout history such

These skeletons are known as Romito 1 and 2. Romito 1 was a female approxiametly thirty years old and Romito 2 was a male teenager. Romito 2 had a special feature and the earliest of the world, known as dwarfism. Dwarfism results from abnormalities of cartilage growth leading to reduced size of long bones. In this case, it was assumed that the buried skeletons were mother and son due to similarities of the skulls and teeth. The Upper Paleolithic society exhibited attention and affection for people with disabilities. According to the short story of The Romito Dwarf, “Romito 2 had formidable physical handicaps for the life of a nomadic hunter-gatherer of the Ice Age, and the fact that despite them he survived to late adolescence mist mean that his social group protected and supported him” (Bahn, 77). This displays that despite no experience of dealing with dwarfism, the Upper Paleolithic society had empathy for Romito 2. Under those circumstances, the society understood that people who had disabilities should not be treated any different than anyone else. Furthermore, the burial cite was unique. Correspondingly, Romito 2’s, “burial in this special place in front of some rock art

The Inuit’s have adapted their lifestyle surrounding nature’s land. According to author Sheila Watt-Cloutier (an Inuit born), “the land that is such an important part of our spirit, our culture, and our physical and economic well-being” (Watt-Cloutier, IV). In Right to be Cold, Watt-Cloutier describes how generations have changed habits causing the Artic atmosphere negatively. Firstly, the Inuit’s show empathy by taking care of the land in order to help the community survive. Inuit’s, “tradition hunting and fishing practices do not destroy habitat. Nor do our practices deplete animal populations, or create waste. We use every part of the animals that we harvest” (Watt-Cloutier, V). This culture demonstrates the empathy because the Inuit’s create a sustainable environment to benefit humanity in hope that society as a whole will make a difference. Moreover, Watt-Cloutier works today to try to bring awareness to climate changing affects. Watt-Cloutier believes, “another way to fight for the protection of out planet: to demand that the global community recognize that the well-being of our environment is in itself a fundamental human right. Without a stable, safe climate, people cannot exercise their economic, social or cultural rights” (Watt-Cloutier, XII). Co-nominated with Al-Gore, Watt-Cloutier achieved great success with the ability to enlighten the effects of climate change worldwide. This