Empathy for James Holmes?
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In an excellent blog on The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-chaltain/empathy-for-a-killer_b_1702350.html?utm_hp_ref=james-holmes author Sam Chaltain dares to ask: Is it possible to feel empathy for a person capable of such senseless violence such as James Holmes?
Our usual, knee-jerk reaction is to categorize these kinds of people as psychopaths, aberrant, or crazy (whatever that means). Mr. Chaltain points out that the …