Why do rich people lack empathy
Rich, Less Empathetic and Inconsiderate Some years ago, I read an article from a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley called Dacher Keltner. According to the psychologist and social scientist, wealthy people are unlikely to be to bothered about those who are struggling to make ends meet. ‘They are usually self-obsessed and only worried about their own well being’ Keltner said. They are 'less empathetic, less altruistic and generally more selfish' as a result of having so much money. He said wealth, education and prestige and a higher station in life gave them the freedom to only worry about themselves. ‘We have now done 12 separate studies measuring empathy in every way imaginable, social behaviour in every way, and some work on compassion and it’s the same story,' he concluded. I did not agree with the professor at the time. I dismissed the study as a typical prejudiced, narrow-minded concl...