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Wants to read De kapperszoon

Wants to read This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web

Rated All Quiet on the Western Front 8/10

Finished reading De avonden

Rated Pecados Santos 6/10

Wants to read The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

Finished reading De Delta deceptie

Finished reading The Laws of Simplicity

Rated The Tower of the Swallow 10/10

Rated Baptism of Fire 10/10

Wants to read Alle journalistiek is activisme

Rated Blood of Elves 10/10

Rated Blauwe maandag 6/10

Rated The Last Wish 10/10

Rated De Cock en een strop voor Bobby 4/10

Rated De duistere school 6/10

Rated De vliegeraar 8/10

Wants to read Tiamat's Wrath

Wants to read The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

Rated A Thousand Splendid Suns 10/10

Rated Nooit meer slapen 6/10

Rated Life of Pi 8/10

Rated Bottled Goods 8/10

Rated Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion 4/10

The author presents some interesting ideas, but nothing extraordinary, mind-blowing or perspective-changing. He needs a lot of words to make a simple point: often, empathy can lead to bad decision-making (in a utilitarian context) when compared to using rationality. There. Probably anyone who reads this book already agrees on this, because we all know why most NGO commercials chooses to show a sad-looking child in favor of a bar graph showing how funding is most effectively spend. <br><br>The author quotes a wide range of other philosophers, and adds very little to the epistemology himself. I'd recommend you to skip this book in favor of books like Peter Singer's 'The Life You Can Save' or 'Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference' - especially if you are more interested in the practical side of the argument against empathy.

Rated Broertje 6/10