Sentence examples for possibility of empathy from inspiring English sources

They display a sense of aggrieved entitlement which over-rides any possibility of empathy with their victims; acquiring an arsenal of Kalashnikovs and grenade-launchers offers a feeling of power which they seldom experience in their everyday lives.

This mannered, self-conscious style was new in my experience of watching Ms. Vishneva, and disappointing, since it removed any possibility of empathy for her character and left only a slightly empty admiration for the physical beauty of her dancing.

Whether through white flight, the optics of diversity, or metaphorical and actual wall building, the privileged spare themselves the sight of disparity, and foreclose the possibility of empathy and transformation.

(2) Without these cues it is very difficult to create alignment and shared understanding between people, and in the absence of this mutuality, the possibility of empathy is greatly diminished.

Merleau-Ponty's vision of the possibility of empathy across the ages does not deny the historical relativity of sense formations.

This very lack of innocence that opens the possibility to empathy and mutual dependence, in shared human suffering we might be able to truly care for one another in mercy and justice.

"I wanted to give some possibility for empathy on both sides," Mr. Haynes said.

It is up to the teacher, however, to find the initial shared meanings and experiences that open up the possibilities of further empathy.

His response illustrates both the possibility and the futility of empathy in the face of insane violence.

In the current version of the DSM-IV-TR, there is no possibility to classify the explicit lack of empathy that is sometimes found in youth with severe delinquent behavior.

The opening description of the tiny space in which the author writes is memorable, and the piece's ending — in which Mr. McCann discusses "radical empathy" and the possibility of hard-won optimism in the face of darkness — is moving.