09/04/2026
Empathy is the ability to sense other people's emotions and to understand another person's thoughts and feelings from their point of view rather than our own. Empathy is a building block of successful relationships and of morality as it allows us to "walk in someone else's shoes" and helps us to understand the perspectives, needs and intentions of others.
Learn more about empathy, why to practice it and how to cultivate it from this article from the Greater Good Science Center https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/empathy/definition