PHILOSOPHER: Yes. What is generally thought of as empathy, that is to say, agreeing with another person’s opinion and sharing their feelings, is just sympathy, not empathy. Empathy is a skill, an attitude that one has when walking side by side with another. YOUTH: A skill! Empathy is a skill? PHILOSOPHER: That’s right. And since it is a skill, it is something that you, too, can attain.
