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Ender’s Game

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Gavin Hood’s ‘Ender’s Game’: Intelligence, ruthlessness and empathy

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 24 February 2014

When intelligence, ruthlessness and empathy co-exist in the same person, one might expect the person concerned to perform certain actions, made possible by the first two attributes, which leave him or her guilt-stricken because of the last. Empathy is a stronger concept than sympathy; empathy allows one to feel what others feel, whether it is […]

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