Rav Triebitz will be speaking this Thursday regarding the Seridei Aish's discussion of the development of the Mussar Movement and Dr. Steven Pinker views on the reduction of violence and increased empathy. It will take place at 8:30 at the home of Dr. Baruch Shulem. I am sending out the source material to those who have notified me that they are attending.
You might be interested in an article in the most recent issue of Kol haMevaser, a student paper of YU and Stern.
ReplyDelete“Nose be-Ol Im Havero:” A Burden Worth Carrying
By Mordechai Shichtman
Published: April 28, 2013
One sentence teaser: "While, for the most part, explaining nose be-ol im havero as empathy may only be an innovation of the Ba’alei Mussar,[vii] numerous halakhic and aggadic sources attest to empathy’s importance."