Saturday, July 07, 2007

The Scarecrow and the Tinman: The Viscissitudes of Human Sympathy and Caring

There have been several mismatches of late between donations and the conditions and needs of different crises across the globe. The prime example of this being the 9/11 tragedy (Spence, 2006). The authors of this integrative and interesting paper propose a theoretical framework to answer the question- "Why do some victims elicit outpourings of sympathy whilst others do not?" in relation to individual decision-making and public policy.

Loewenstein & Small (2007)

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