Plenty of research suggests animals are capable of great depths of empathy.
What's valuable about McCarthy's work is its quality: the nuttiness of her characterisations, the depth of her empathy, the precision of her timing.
While the politics play out – while a Tea Party candidate from Virginia upsets the balance of power in Washington partly to reinforce those walls, while the House majority leader leaves office saying he "would still like to see the issue of the kids addressed" – in our own lives we should treat every immigrant with the depth of our empathy and the fullness of our humanity.
And if there's one thing I know about the people at Apple, it's the depth of our empathy and support for one another.
Edelman's humanity lies in the depth of his empathy for those troubled.
But seeing the depth of their empathy, their compassion for what I had experienced, and the seriousness of their desire to see concrete, bipartisan, moderate changes that would protect people's lives that was enlightening.
What I bring to the table is a depth of insight, empathy and emotional intelligence, a love for clear and thoughtful communication, respect for and celebration of diversity, and a genuine desire to help people realize their dreams.
More in-depth studies of empathy in Williams syndrome have suggested that only the affective, not cognitive components, of empathy are spared or superior [59].
What I didn't know, but would soon learn about, was the depth of Zach's empathy for me.
But Digges's imaginative foray into her son's subjectivity -- very unusual in a time when parents live under the rule of professional expertise -- shows the depth of her maternal empathy.
