# The Empathy Instinct: How to Create a More Civil Society

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-empathy-instinct-how-to-create-a-more-civil-society/
- Published: 2017-01-25T11:05:41+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Peter Bazalgette, former chair of Arts Council England, shares his experiences
there, in the entertainment industry, and working on many social projects to explain
the value and power of empathy in developing a more civil society.**

He ranges much further afield to explore, in Barack Obama’s words, “the empathy 
deficit”. His book looks at neuroscience, primatology, and genetics, and then looks
at how we can apply that knowledge to tackle problems such as radicalisation and
racism to create kinder health and social care, a more effective criminal justice
system, and a better society.

Culminating in a passionate manifesto on empathy, _The Empathy Instinct_ is what
makes us human and what can make us better humans.
 

> Shelley, George Eliot, Shakespeare – all got The Empathy Instinct (my new book)
> before neuroscience..Observer piece [https://t.co/Et8e7cdAAD](https://t.co/Et8e7cdAAD)
> — Peter Bazalgette (@PeterBazalgette) [January 22, 2017](https://twitter.com/PeterBazalgette/status/823109852717322242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Listen again to [@ace_national](https://twitter.com/ace_national?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> chair [@PeterBazalgette](https://twitter.com/PeterBazalgette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> talking about his new book [#TheEmpathyInstinct](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheEmpathyInstinct?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> on [@BBCFrontRow](https://twitter.com/BBCFrontRow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [https://t.co/Ncoh2xMT5K](https://t.co/Ncoh2xMT5K)
> — Darren Henley CBE (@HENLEYDARREN) [January 21, 2017](https://twitter.com/HENLEYDARREN/status/822721990851227649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> 3 days to The Empathy Instinct. Lessons for health/justice. & how the arts are
> empathetic: [https://t.co/Et8e7cdAAD](https://t.co/Et8e7cdAAD) [pic.twitter.com/Mnttw2lofk](https://t.co/Mnttw2lofk)
> — Peter Bazalgette (@PeterBazalgette) [January 23, 2017](https://twitter.com/PeterBazalgette/status/823439253132677123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## ⏎  WATCH: The Empathy Instinct by Peter Bazalgette

Video: John Murray Books