The Age of Empathy by Frans de Waal

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By Cathleen Medwick

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Cathleen Medwick reviews The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society by Frans de Waal, an examination of how many animals, like humans, have the capacity for empathy.

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