Empathy, compassion, personality, attitudes: can people change?
The recent debacles in Canberra have seen promises of personal reformation. Liberal National Party backbencher Andrew Laming is off to empathy lessons after he apologised for his treatment of women online, then scoffed at his own apology, before being accused of taking a picture of a bent-over woman. Nationals leader Michael McCormack reckons his mob should improve after sitting around listening to an expert for “an hour or so”. The idea of such easy penance has provoked some scepticism. A range of psychologists has warned against the idea of a “quick fix”, saying any such training ne...
Source: theguardian.com