Paul Bloom — The Baby In The Well: The case against empathy

The case is against empathy as the sole explanation for morality, although it does figure prominently in a comprehensive moral theory.

The New Yorker
The Baby In The Well: The case against empathy
Paul Bloom
(h/t Lambert Strether at Naked Capitalism)

See also Book Talk: Of apes and atheists - is empathy evolution? by Ed Stoddard at Reuters.