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Madeira Serves As Legal Commentator In Netflix’S “Our Father”, James Owsley Boyd
Madeira Serves As Legal Commentator In Netflix’S “Our Father”, James Owsley Boyd
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Worth A Shot: Encouraging Vaccine Uptake Through "Empathy", Jody L. Madeira
Worth A Shot: Encouraging Vaccine Uptake Through "Empathy", Jody L. Madeira
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Pro- and anti-vaccine organizations and individuals have frequently invoked empathy as a strategy for increasing uptake of COVID-19 precautions, including vaccinations. On one hand, vaccine supporters deployed empathy to defuse conflict, prioritize safeguarding the collective welfare, and avoid government mandates. On the other hand, vaccine opponents used empathy to emphasize the alleged individual effects of pandemic precautions, mobilize public voices, and stress the importance of medical freedom in policy-making contexts.
This Article first defines empathy and reviews empathy scholarship, paying particular attention to its relationship with narrative and the contexts where empathy can be difficult or dangerous. It then applies …